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R.  P.  O'GRADY. 

ALL   RIGHTS   RESERVED 


CHICAGO   AND   COOK  COUNTY 

Official 

Republican 

Directory 

AND  SKETCH  BOOK 

1900 


WITH  FINE  HALF-TONES  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES 
OF  REPUBLICAN  LEADERS 

Brief  Political  History  of  Chicago,  from  1833  to  1900.     History  of  Na- 
tional and  Local  Republican  Party  from  Inception  to  Date. 
History  of  Hamilton  and  Marquette  Clubs,  also  Cook 
County  Republican  Marching  Club. 

For  Sale  at  the  following  News  Stands  : 

Great  Northern  Hotel,  Grand  Pacific  Hotel,  Sherman  House  and  Chas.  MacDonald's 

News  Stand  and  Book  Store,  No.  53  Washington  Street. 

Free  Distribution  to  Republican  County  Central  Committee  for  Reference  Purposes. 
Free  Distribution  also  to  Libraries  and  Newspapers. 


SUPPLIED  TO  THE   PUBLIC  AT  $5.00  PER  COPY. 


EDITOR  AND  PUBLISHER, 

181?  DEARBORN  STREET, 

CHICAGO,  ILL. 


INDEX  TO  CONTEXTS. 


ILLUSTRATED 


Cook  County  Republican  Marching  Club  (History  and 

Members) 58  59-64 

Cook  County  Officials  (Republican) 214 

Cook  County  Heads  of  Departments  (Republican). .  214 

Congressional  Districts  and  Committee  Men 197-198 

Cook  County  Judges 207 

Cook  County  Salary  Appropriation  and  Positions. .  .  208-213 

Hamilton  Club,  Chicago  (History  and  Members)  .  . .  38-50 

Index 4-5 

Introduction 6-7 

Letter  of  Indorsement 8 

Mayors  of  Chicago 24 

Marquette  Club,  Chicago  (History  and  Members). .  .  51  57 

National  Republican  Party  (History) 35-37 

Presidential  Nominees  and  Conventions 33-35 

Political  History  of  Chicago 25-28 

Precincts  in  Cook  County  by  Wards  and  Districts . .  200 

Republican  Party  in  Chicago  and  Cook  County 29-32 

Republican  County  Central  Committee  (History) . .  .  30-32 

Republican  State  Central  Committee  (Members). .  . .  197 

Republican  County  Central  Committee  (Members)  . .  197 

Registration  by  Wards  in  Chicago,  April,  1899 201 

Senatorial  Districts  and  Committee  Men 198-199 

Vote  of  Illinois  by  Counties,   1896 202-203 

Vote  of  Illinois  by  Counties,   1898 204-205 

Vote  in  Cook  County  by  Wards  and  Districts,  1898,  205-206 


INDEX  TO  PORTRAITS  AND  BIOGRAPHIES. 


Aldrich,  Charles  H 136 

Banning,  Ephraim 175 

Boldenweck,  William 108 

Braden,  J.  C 

Busse,  Fred.  A.  .  160 


BIOGRAPHY 
PAGE. 

137-139 
175-178 
109-110 
193-194 
160-161 


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INDEX  TO  PORTRAITS  AND  BIOGRAPHIES. 


PORTRAIT  BIOGRAPHY 

PAGE.  PAGE. 

Carter,  0.  N 120  121-122 

Carr,  H.   H 00  97-100 

Carter,  Zina  11 88  89-91 

Campbell,  D.  A 173  173-174 

Cody,  Hope  Reed 148  149-151 

Collins,  L.  C 185  185-187 

Cody,  S.  P 181  181-182 

Craig,  E.  M. 152  153-156 

Cullom,  S.  M 21  80-83 

Deneen,  C.  S 70-71 

Dixon,  Arthur 102  103-106 

Dixon,  George  W 140  141-142 

Dwyer,  E.  J 190  190-192 

Eckhart,  B.  A 144  145-147 

Fairbanks,  N.    IT 183  183-184 

Foreman,  M.  J 162  162-164 

Fowler,  F.   T 15?  157-159 

Gilbert,  James  H. 92  93-95 

Gilbert,  C.  C 168  168-169 

Goodwin,  Leonard 188  188-189 

Irwin,  James  C 116  117-11 J 

Jamieson,  T.  N. 19  78-79 

Kallis,  David 170  170-172 

Lorimer,   William 13  68-69 

Lowden,  F.  0 132  133-135 

McKinley,   William 9 

Mallette,  J.  P. 128  129-130 

Mason,  William  H 23  84-86 

Moore,  E.   B '. .  . .  179  179-180 

O'Donnell,  P.   H 112  113-115 

O'Grady,  R.  P 1 

Pease,  James 17  75-77 

Powell,  I.  N 165  165-167 

Revell,  A.  H 195  195-196 

Simon,  Robert  M 15  72-74 

Smyth,  John  M 11  65-67 

Wheelock,  W.  W 124  125-126 


INTRODUCTION. 


Having  brought  to  a  successful  termination  my  arduous  un- 
dertaking of  compiling  and  editing  the  historical  matter,  as  well 
as  the  biographies  and  statistics  herein  contained,  I  desire,  in 
presenting  this  book  to  patrons  and  the  public,  to  make  a  few 
necessarily  brief  remarks  in  regard  to  the  value  and  importance 
of  a  local  work  of  this  nature.  Though  it  only  seems  a  few 
years  since  the  Republican  party  came  into  existence,  both  in  the 
State,  and  nation,  and  it  also  seems  only  a  short  time  since  the 
first  Republican  convention  was  held  in  Chicago,  which  nomi- 
nated that  great  apostle  of  Republicanism,  John  Wentworth,  who 
was  the  first  Republican  mayor  of  Chicago.  I  find  that  many  of 
the  organizers,  as  well  as  several  who  afterwards  became 
prominent  in  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party  in  Chicago,  and 
Cook  County,  have  paid  the  final  debt  of  mortality;  and  in  rare 
instances  only,  left  an}'  record  of  the  acts  of  their  lifetime. 
Therefore,  to  the  rising  generation,  this  volume  will  prove  as 
valuable  and  interesting,  as  the  history  of  the  founders  of  Repub- 
licanism is  to  the  present  generation.  Hence,  I  agree  with  Ralph 
Waldo  Emerson,  that  "Biography  is  the  only  true  history."  A 
collection  of  biographies  of  officials  and  leading  men  of  the 
Republican  party  of  Chicago  and  Cook  County,  would  give  a 
more  interesting  as  well  as  authentic  history  of  the  party  than 
any  other  that  could  be  written. 

With  each  succeeding  year,  the  haze  of  obscurity  removes 
more  and  more  from  our  view,  the  fast  disappearing  landmarks 
of  the  past.  Oblivion  sprinkles  her  dust  of  forgetf ulness  on  men 
and  their  deeds,  effectually  concealing  them  from  the  public  eye. 
Therefore  a  local  history  of  the  Republican  party,  affords  the  best 
means  of  preserving  ancient  history  and  also  becomes  immediately 
upon  its  publication  a  ready  reference  book. 

The  representative  leading  men  of  the  Republican  party, 
whose  personal  sketches  it  has  been  a  pleasure  for  me  to  write, 
and  give  a  place  in  this  volume,  are  the  men  whom,  in  their 

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time,  are  deserving  the  credit  of  the  upbuilding,  prosperity  and 
growth  of  the  great  Republican  party  in  Chicago  and  Cook 
County. 

Considerable  difficulty  was  experienced  in  obtaining  the 
ancient  historical  data  contained  herein,  chiefly  on  account  of  the 
fact  that  no  history  has  heretofore  been  published,  which  gave 
any  of  the  desired  information  pertaining  to  the  Republican 
party  in  Chicago  and  Cook  County,  which  is  contained  herein. 

AVith  sincere  thanks  to  my  liberal  patrons,  and  trusting  that 
my  humble  effort  in  dedicating  this  volume  to  the  Republican 
party  and  the  public  in  general,  will  be  appreciated, 

I  remain  very  respectfully, 

R.    P.    O'GRADY. 

CHICAGO,  ILL.,  February  8,  1900. 


LETTER  OF  INDORSEMENT. 


TO  THE  REPUBLICANS  OF  CHICAGO  AND  COOK  COUNTY. 


It  has  been  a  matter  of  regret  that  no  official  history  of  the 
Republican  Party  in  Chicago  and  Cook  County  has  heretofore 
been  published.  Mr.  R.  P.  O'Grady  will  supply  this  existing 
deficiency  in  his  publication,  the  ''Chicago  and  Cook  County 
Official  Republican  Directory  and  Sketch  Book,"  which  will 
contain  some  very  valuable  information  concerning  the  Republi- 
can Organization  in  this  city  and  county  and  prove  highly 
interesting  to  every  active  Republican  in  Cook  County. 

We  heartily  indorse  this  publication. 

JOHN    M.   SMYTH, 

Chairman  Cook  County  Republican  Central  Committee. 

ROBERT   M.   SIMON, 

Secretary. 

C.   S.  DENE  EN, 

Executive   Committee. 


WILLIAM    McKINLEY. 
The  fearless  President  of  the  United  States. 


JOHN   M.  SMYTH. 
Chairman  of  the  Cook  County  Republican  Central  Committee. 


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CONGRESSMAN   WILLIAM    LORIMER. 
The  Great  Republican  Leader. 


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ROBERT   M.  SIMON. 
Recorder  of  Deeds  of  Cook  County. 

The  very  able  Secretary  of  the  Cook  County  Republican 
Central  Committee. 


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JAMES   PEASE. 

Ex-Sheriff  of  Cook  County. 

Who  still  retains  his  power  and  popularity  in  Republican  Politics. 


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HON.  T.   N.  JAMIESON. 
The  master  mind  National  and  State  Republican  Committeernan. 


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UNITED   STATES   SENATOR   SHELBY    M.  CULLOM. 
Better   known  as   the   present   day   Abe   Lincoln   of   Illinois. 


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WILLIAM   E.  MASON. 
The  fearless,  liberty  loving1  United  States  Senator  from  Illinois. 


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MAYORS  OF  CHICAGO. 


SINCE    ITS    INCORPORATION    1837  TO    1900. 


From  the  date  of  Chicago's  incorporation  up  to  the  year 
1857,  only  the  following  political  parties  existed  in  this  city: 

Whigs,  Americans,  Free  Soilers,  Know  Nothings  and 
Democrats. 

The  first  Republican  convention  held  in  Chicago  for  mayor 
was  in  1857,  and  the  first  Republican  Mayor  elected  in  Chicago 
was  John  Wentworth.  The  Peoples  and  Fireproof  parties 
existed  between  1869  and  1873. 

The  letters  after  each  mayor's  name  indicates  the  political 
party  to  which  he  belonged. 


MAYORS  OF  CHICAGO. 


1837. 
1838. 
1839. 
1840. 
1841. 
1842. 
1843. 
1844. 
1845 . 
1846. 
1847. 
1848. 
1849. 
1850. 
1851. 
1852. 
1853. 
1854. 
1855. 
1856. 
1857. 
1858. 
1859. 
1860. 


.Wm.  B.  Ogden D 

.  Buckner  S.  Morris . .  W 
.B.  W.  Raymond..  ..W 
.  Alexander  Lloyd . .  . .  D 

.  F.  C.  Sherman D 

.  B.  W.  Raymond .  . .  Ind 
.  Augustus  Garrett .  . . .  D 

.  A.  S.  Sherman D 

.  Augustus  Garrett . . .  .  D 

.John  P.  Chapin W 

.  Jas.    Curtis D 

.  Jas.  H.  Wood  worth  Ind 
"     "  ".  1) 

.  Jas.    Curtis D 

.W.   S.   Gurnee D 

.  "    «         "      D 

.  Chas.  M.  Gray D 

.1.  L.  Milliken D 

.  Levi  D.  Boone A 

.  Thomas  Dyer D 

.  John  Wentworth . .  . .  R 

.  John  C.  Haines R 

.     «      "       ««       R 

.  John  Wentworth . .    .  R 


1861 ..  J.  S.  Rumsey R 

1862  . .  Francis  C.  Sherman . .  D 
1863..  «  "  «  ..D 

1865  . .  John  B.  Rice R 

1867..     "     «       "    R 

1869..Roswell  B.  Mason.. Peo 
1871.. Joseph  Medill.R.  F.  P. 
1873  ..  Harvey  D.  Colvin . .  Peo 

1876  . .  Monroe  Heath R 

1877..      «  '<     R 

1879  . .  Carter  H.  Harrison . .  D 

1881..      "        "          "     D 

1883..      "       "          t<     ..  ..D 

1885..      "       "         "     D 

1887 ..  John  A.  Roche R 

1889  . .  De  Witt  C.  Cregier . .  D 
1891  Hempstead  Wasnburne .  R 
1893  ..  Carter  H.  Harrison . .  D 

1893.. George  B.  Swift R 

1894 . .  John  P.  Hopkins D 

1895  . .  George  B.  Swift R 

1897. Carter  H.  Harrison  Jr.D 
1899..  "  "  "  "  D 


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POLITICAL  HISTORY  OF  CHICAGO, 
FROM  1833  TO  1900. 


The  political  history  of  Chicago  is  almost  as  interesting  as 
that  of  the  state  or  nation.  Civic  authority  first  began  in  Chi- 
cago in  1833  when  the  town  of  Chicago  was  established  and 
governed  by  a  board  of  trustees.  A  tax  of  5  mills  on  the  dollar 
on  personal  property  was  levied  which  brought  to  the  Trustees 
the  sum  of  $11.42  which  showed  the  total  valuation  of  personal 
property  to  be  $2,284.  The  limits  of  the  town  then  were  from 
Madison  to  Kinzie  and  from  State  to  Desplaines  streets.  The 
total  population  then  was  350. 

Chicago  first  assumed  the  proportions  or  rather  the  condi- 
tions of  a  city  on  March  4,  1837,  when  a  charter  was  granted  by 
the  legislature. 

On  May  2nd  of  that  year  an  election  was  held  for  city  offi- 
cers. The  total  vote  .cast  was  709  and  William  B.  Ogden  was 
elected  mayor — the  first  Mayor  of  Chicago.  The  first  census 
taken  after  incorporation  showed  a  population  of  4,170. 

Mayor  Ogden  was  elected  as  a  Democrat,  defeating  John  H. 
Kinzie  the  Whig  candidate  by  275  votes. 

The  next  city  election  took  place  in  1838  when  Buckner  S. 
Morris,  a  Whig  was  elected.  He  was  a  lawyer  and  successful 
business  man  and  made  a  very  satisfactory  mayor. 

Benjamin  W.  Raymond  was  the  third  mayor  of  Chicago, 
being  elected  in  1839  as  a  Whig. 

Alexander  Lloyd  the  fourth  mayor  was  elected  in  1840  on  the 
Democratic  ticket.  His  administration  is  referrred  to  as  a  con- 
servative one. 

In  1841  Francis  C.  Sherman  was  elected  mayor  by  the 
Democrats.  He  was  a  pioneer  merchant  and  figured  largely  in 
the  future  of  the  city. 

Benjamin  W.  Raymond  was  elected  the  second  time  in  1842, 
making  the  race  as  a  Democrat. 

The  seventh  mayor  of  the  growing  western  city  was  Augustus 

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Garnett  which  was  in  1843.  He  was  a  Democrat  and  a  pioneer 
business  man. 

A.  S.  Sherman  was  elected  in  1844:,  but  his  election  was 
declared  illegal,  Garnett  held  over  until  another  election  could 
be  held,  when  Sherman  was  chosen  by  an  increased  majority. 
At  the  conclusion  of  Sherman's  term  Garnett  was  again  elected 
serving  as  the  ninth  mayor  of  Chicago  in  1845. 

The  next  mayor  was  John  P.  Chapin,  who  was  elected  as  a 
Whig  in  1846.  He  was  succeeded  by  James  Curtis  a  Democrat. 

James  H.  Wentworth  was  then  elected  for  two  successive 
terms,  as  a  Democrat,  serving  in  1848  and  1849. 

The  next  mayor  was  James  Curtis,  who  served  his  second 
term  in  1850.  He  was  followed  by  W.  S.  Gurnee,  a  Democrat 
who  served  two  terms  in  succession  bringing  us  up  to  1853. 
Charles  M.  Gray  a  Democrat  was  next  elected  and  was  followed 
by  I.  L.  Milliken  in  1854. 

Levi  D.  Boone  who  belonged  to  the  American  or  Know 
Nothing  party  was  elected  in  1855.  A  full  Know  Nothing 
council  was  also  elected. 

In  1856  Thomas  Dyer,  a  Democrat,  was  elected. 

The  next  campaign  and  succeeding  administration  was  a 
memorable  one.  This  was  in  1857,  the  birth  of  the  Republican 
party  in  Chicago.  John  Wentworth  the  first  Republican  mayor 
Chicago  ever  had,  was  elected  after  a  bitter  contest.  The  fame 
of  John  Wentworth  became  indissolubly  connected  with  Chicago 
history  from  the  day  he  became  mayor.  Mr.  Wentworth  was  at 
one  time  the  editor  of  the  Chicago  Democrat,  which  was  the  first 
Democratic  daily  paper  to  appear  in  the  northwest.  He  was 
offered  the  nomination  again  in  1858,  when  it  was  equivalent  to 
an  election  but  declined  it. 

John  C.  Haines  was  the  next  mayor.  He  was  also  a  Republi- 
can and  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  in  1869. 

In  1860  John  Wentworth  was  again  elected. 

Julian  S.  Ramsey  succeeded  Mayor  Wentworth  in  his  second 
term.  He  was  also  a  Republican  and  was  known  as  the  "War 
Mayor."  He  was  at  the  head  of  a  committee  of  100  citizens 
who  went  to  Washington  to  use  their  influence  to  prevent  a  con- 
flict between  the  North  and  the  South. 

Francis  C.  Sherman  was  elected  mayor,  the  second  time  in 
1862.  The  election  took  place  on  April  15,  but  on  account  of 

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changing  the  term  from  one  to  two  years,  he  was  re-elected  on 
April  21,  1863. 

From  1865  to  1869,  John  B.  Rice  was  mayor,  having  been 
elected  on  the  Republican  ticket.  He  was  first  elected  on 
April  18,  1865,  four  days  after  the  assassination  of  President 
Lincoln.  The  Democratic  nominee  for  mayor,  L.  Rothgerber, 
withdrew  from  the  race  on  account  of  the  public  feeling  at  that 
time  over  Lincoln's  death,  and  Mr.  Rice  had  no  opponent.  He 
served  in  Congress  in  1872. 

In  1869  Roswell  B.  Mason  was  elected  mayor  on  the  People's 
ticket.  David  A.  Gage  was  at  this  time  elected  city  treasurer. 

In  1871,  Joseph  Medill,  editor  of  the  Chicago  "Tribune," 
was  elected  mayor  on  the  Republican  "fire  proof"  ticket.  Chi- 
cago had  been  then  devasted,  and  the  proud  city  which  had  grown 
so  rapidly  from  a  village  to  the  proportion  of  a  metropolis  was 
in  ashes.  The  history  of  her  rise  and  progress  following  this 
disaster  is  well  known. 

In  1873  H.  D.  Colvin  was  elected   mayor  on  a  combination 
reform  and  liberal  ticket. 

Thomas  Hoyne  was  next  elected  but  as  the  city  council  had 
not  complied  with  the  legal  requirements  in  providing  for  the 
election,  there  was  a  contest,  both  he  and  Colvin  acting  until 
Hoyne  withdrew,  and  at  a  special  election  held  on  July  12,  1876, 
Monroe  Heath  was  chosen  on  the  Republican  ticket.  He  was 
re-elected  April  3,  1877,  under  the  law  changing  the  time  of 
election  from  fall  to  spring. 

After  this  came  the  long  reign  of  Carter  H.  Harrison,  the 
elder,  as  Mayor  of  Chicago.  The  Republicans  lost  control  of  the 
votes,  and  Mayor  Harrison  served  four  successive  terms,  from 
1879  to  1887.  He  was  followed  by  a  Republican,  Mayor  John  A. 
Roche,  who  defeated  the  labor  candidate  Nelson,  Mr.  Harrison 
declining  to  run  because  there  were  no  prospects  of  Democratic 
success. 

The  next  mayor  was  DeWitt  C.  Cregier,  who  was  elected  on 
the  Democratic  ticket  in  1889. 

Hempstead  Washburn  was  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket 
in  1891. 

Then  came  another  reversal,  and  Mr.  Harrison  was  returned 
to  the  mayor's  office  in  1893,  this  being  his  fifth  term.  His 
career,  however,  was  cut  short  by  the  hand  of  the  assassin,  Pren- 

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dergast,  and  the  city  council  elected  George  B.  Swift  as 
mayor,  pro  tern. 

At  the  regular  election  in  1893,  John  P.  Hopkins,  Democrat, 
defeated  Mr.  Swift  who  had  secured  the  Republican  nomination. 

In  1895  Mr.  Swift  was  nominated  by  the  Republicans  again, 
and  was  elected  by  a  tremendous  majority. 

The  next  mayor  was  Carter  H.  Harrison,  Jr.,  who  was 
nominated  by  the  Democrats  in  1897,  and  re-elected  in  1899. 

This  completes  the  municipal  political  history  of  Chicago, 
and  taken  with  the  other  events  which  have  accompanied  the 
incidents  of  these  many  campaigns,  forms  many  interesting 
studies  and  furnishes  a  review  of  facts  which  the  present  genera- 
tion never  knew,  or  had  forgotten. 


HISTORY  OF  THE  REPUBLICAN  PARTY  IN  CHICAGO 
AND  COOK  COUNTY  FROM  1857  TO  1900. 


INCLUDING     THE    UNEQUALED     REPUBLICAN     COUNTY    CENTRAL 
ORGANIZATION. 


The  Republican  party  has  been  in  control  of  the  local  govern- 
ment of  Cook  County  most  of  the  time  in  the  period  extending 
from  1857  to  1900.  As  a  result  Cook  County  is  to-day  well 
governed,  has  within  its  boundaries  a  third  of  the  population  and 
most  of  the  wealth  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  is  second  to  but 
one  in  the  United  States  in  point  of  wealth  and  population. 

The  city  government  has  not  been  so  well  distributed  among 
the  two  departments,  the  Democrats  having  had  much  more  to 
do  with  the  running  of  the  city  than  they  have  had  with  Cook 
County .% 

Chicago  is  the  second  city  in  the  United  States  from  the 
Standpoint  of  population,  volume  of  business,  enterprise  and  pub- 
lic institutions,  but  to-day,  under  a  Democratic  administration, 
the  condition  of  the  city  is  unworthy  of  its  reputation.  It  is  not 
the  intention  here  to  find  cause  for  reproach  or  recrimination  of 
the  Democratic  party,  the  condition  of  affairs  in  the  city  as  they 
stand  to-day  speak  for  themselves. 

The  Republican  leaders  of  Cook  County  to-day  are,  with  few 
exceptions,  veterans  in  the  battles  of  the  party,  and  are  recog- 
nized as  being  among  the  men  who  form  the  back  bone  of  the 
Republican  party  organization  in  the  United  States.  Here  and 
there  local  leaders  whose  names  have  been  identified  with  Repub- 
lican campaigns  and  triumphs  in  Cook  County  have  dropped  off, 
succumbing  to  the  great  final  tribute  that  nature  demands  of  all 
men.  In  this  connection  the  names  of  men  like  Joseph  Medill, 
George  R.  Davis  and  James  A.  Sexton  instantly  occur.  There 
are  others,  but  the  names  of  these  three  arise  pre-eminently  in 
one's  mind  as  being  leaders  of  Republican  organizations  and 
molders  of  Republican  victory. 

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The  rank  and  file  of  the  local  organization  has,  however,  re- 
mained intact,  and  notwithstanding  the  mutations  of  party  poli- 
tics, the  Republican  machine  of  Cook  County  remains  to-day  the 
Western  Tammany  of  the  grand  old  party.  In  point  of  strength, 
vitality  and  completeness  of  detail,  it  is  to  the  Republican  party 
of  the  West  what  Tammany  is  to  the  Democracy  of  the  East. 

At  its  head  stands  that  veteran  political  leader  and  successful 
busines  man,  John  M.  Smyth.  Supported  by  men  like  Congress- 
man Lorimer,  Henry  L.  Hertz,  James  Pease,  Charles  S.  Deneen, 
Robert  M.  Simon,  Ernest  Magerstadt,  Thomas  N.  Jamieson, 
Martin  B.  Madden,  Elbridge  Hanecy,  Perry  Hull,  Fred  Busse,  and 
many  others,  the  Republican  organization  to-day  presents  a  prac- 
tically unbroken  front  to  the  enemy.  It  is,  for  all  practical  pur- 
poses, the  same  splendid  combination  that  has  for  years  carried 
the  Republican  banner  to  success  in  Cook  County  and  given  to 
the  tax  payers  the  very  best  and  most  economical  administration 
of  affairs. 

•All  efforts  to  disrupt  this  organization  or  to  defeat  its  candi- 
dates for  office  by  putting  up  men  of  the  very  highest  standing 
in  the  ranks  of  the  Democratic  party  have  time  and  again  resulted 
in  ignominious  failure,  if  we  except  one  or  two  occasions  when  a 
landslide  or  certain  peculiar  local  considerations  had  an  unlocked 
for  and  unavoidable  effect. 

As  a  result  of  Republican  success  in  Cook  County  the  various 
public  county  offices  have  been  so  administered  that  the  law  has 
been  upheld  and  fulfilled,  the  public  business  conscientiously 
attended  to,  the  public  institutions  maintained  to  the  satisfaction 
of  all  the  people,  and  the  most  excellent  condition  generally 
maintained.  The  records  of  this  country  show  no  more  high  and 
honorable  standard  of  honesty  and  efficiency  than  that  of  the 
sheriff's  office  under  Hanchett,  Mateson,  Gilbert,  Pease  and 
Magerstadt,  of  the  county  treasurer's  office  under  Davis,  Kochers- 
perger  and  Raymond,  of  the  Criminal  Court  under  Stephens, 
Gilbert  and  Cahill,  and  the  same  can  be  truthfully  said  of  all  the 
other  Cook  County  offices. 

In  the  roster  of  the  Cook  County  Central  Republican  Com- 
mittee, which  is  printed  in  full  elsewhere  in  this  book,  are  to  be 
found  the  names  of  all  of  the  men  mentioned  above  as  well  as  those 
of  others  equally  able,  loyal  and  devoted,  who  have  built  up  the 
great  Republican  Tammany  of  the  West.  An  organization 

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which  in  every  ward  and  precinct  is  perfect  in  every  detail, 
which  in  point  of  Esprit  de  Corps  of  equipment  and  pluck  and 
energy  has  proven  itself  time  and  again  almost  invincible.  Nor 
would  this  notice  be  complete  without  reference  to  the  men  who 
have  been  carried  into  office  and  power  in  the  city  government 
of  Chicago,  through  this  same  organization.  Notable  among 
these  latter  are  the  names  of  John  A.  Roche,  landed  in  the 
mayoralty  chair  by  the  great  Davis,  Swift  Machine,  the  forerunner 
of  the  present  one,  and  the  organization  that  broke  the  back  of  the 
Harrisonian  Democracy  of  Chicago,  fourteen  golden  years  ago. 
Hempstead  Washburn  whose  worth  as  chief  executive  is  being 
more  and  more  fully  recognized  as  the  years  go  by.  George  B. 
Swift,  who  after  years  of  retirement  from  politics,  was  taken  in- 
to the  fold  by  the  present  great  leaders,  nominated  and  triumph- 
antly elected  mayor  five  years  ago.  The  men  who  figured  as 
departmental  heads  under  these  honest  Republican  administra- 
tions of  the  city  of  Chicago,  are  among  the  men  who  helped  to 
make  the  Republican  party  in  Cook  County  what  it  is  to-day. 

Joseph  Downey,  John  J.  Badenoch,  Christopher  Mamer, 
John  S.  Miller,  John  A.  Green,  R.  W.  McClaughry,  and  many 
others  too  numerous  to  mention. 

Besides  these  departmental  chiefs,  the  city  of  Chicago  placed 
in  elective  office  Republicans  like  Adam  Wolf,  and  Herman 
Plautz,  who  served  a  term  each  as  city  treasurer,  and  Roy  O. 
West,  who  was  the  best  city  attorney  Chicago  ever  had. 

The  Republican  administration  of  county  offices  in  the  past 
quarter  of  a  century  cannot  be  referred  to  even  incidentally  with- 
out honorable  mention  of  such  men  as  County  Clerks  Henry 
Wulff  and  Philip  Knopf,  County  Judge  Carter  whose  fearless  in- 
tegrity and  great  ability  on  the  bench  have  made  of  him  a  shining 
light.  And  special  reference  cannot  be  herein  omitted  as  to  the 
magnificent  record  made  by  Charles  S.  Deneen  as  state's  attorney. 

In  the  legislative  branch  of  the  city  administration  the  names 
of  Martin  B.  Madden,  Joseph  E.  Bidwill,  Arthur  Dixon,  John 
J.  O'Neill,  James  R.  Mann,  and  Zina  R.  Carter,  stand  out  pre- 
eminent for  loyal  and  conscientious  service  to  the  city  and  the 
taxpayers. 

These  taken  at  haphazard,  are  the  names  of  the  men  who 
have  laid  deep  and  broad  the  foundations  of  the  great  Republi- 
can party  of  Chicago  and  Cook  County. 

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But  recently  the  power  and  strength,  and  above  all  the  cohe- 
siveness  of  this  organization  were  thoroughly  demonstrated. 
While  in  its  councils  the  freedom  of  individual  thought  and 
opinion  have  been  recognized  and  maintained,  yet  when  at  the 
Jove  feast  of  December,  1899,  the  question  of  principles  and  of  a 
standard  bearer  for  the  party  in  Illinois  for  1900,  came  up  be- 
fore the  Republican  party  of  the  State,  assembled  in  Springfield, 
the  Cook  County  Machine  was  found  to  be  united,  vibrant 
and  wise  as  of  yore. 

It  was  found  to  be  the  same  grand  organization  that  four  years 
ago  in  Springfield  sat  as  one  man,  nearly  five  hundred  strong, 
while  all  the  rest  of  Illinois  stood  around  shouting  in  triumph  for 
one  principle,  while  Cook  County  sat,  grim  and  silent,  firm  and 
unyielding,  in  its  adhesion  to  another. 

The  old  guard  that  held  together  that  grand  organization  on 
that  memorable  occasion,  is  still  in  control. 

Its  principle  is  party  success  first  and  individual  considera" 
tions  afterwards. 

Time  and  again  its  leading  members  have  bowed  in  acquies- 
ence  to  that  dictum.  That  has  been  ths  inspiration  of  the  great 
machine,  and  that  legend  on  its  banners  has  been  and  will  be  again 
borne  with  them  to  victory.  To  particularize  the  work  of  any 
one  of  the  great  local  leaders  would  be  invidious  and  furthermore 
could  not  well  be  done  where  all  have  shared  so  equally  in  the 
burdens  of  the  battles  of  the  party. 

Men  like  Smyth,  Lorimer,  Hertz  and  Mamer  are  among  those 
who  fought  in  the  front  ranks  of  the  older  organizations  and  who 
have  rocked  the  cradle  in  which  the  present  one  spent  the  days 
of  its  babyhood.  Men  like  Madden,  Pease,  Hull,  Hanecy,  Busse, 
West,  Deneen  and  Simon  are  among  those  who  have  come  in 
with  the  new  regime  and  whose  presence  in  the  ranks  to-day  in- 
fuses new  and  additional  life  and  vigor  into  the  party  organiza- 
tion. At  the  close  of  the  nineteenth  century  and  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  twentieth,  the  Republican  organization  of 
Cook  County  stands  to-day  the  most  complete  and  potential 
political  organization  in  the  United  States. 


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BRIEF    HISTORY  OF  THE    NATIONAL    REPUBLICAN 
PARTY  FROM  1856  TO  1900. 


The  National  Republican  Party  was  born  forty-four  years 
ago,  and  the  traditions,  principles  and  policies  of  that  party 
have  remained  intact  during  this  period  of  nearly  half  a  cen- 
tury. 

Prior  to  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party  there 
existed  the  Whigs,  Free  Soilers,  Americans,  Know  Nothings 
and  Democrats,  each  a  separate  party  with  separate  principles. 
These  old  parties  by  opposing  the  extension  of  slavery,  were 
drifting  together  ;  but  a  new  name  was  desired,  and  in  1854  the 
name  "Republican"  was  adopted  for  the  new  party.  The  name 
Republican  was  first  suggested  by  Mayor  Alvan  E.  Bovay,  of 
Ripon,  Wis.  He  thought  it  would  be  a  name  to  which  those 
opposed  to  slavey  would  respond. 

Mayor  Bovay  wrote  to  Horace  Greeley,  editor  of  the  New 
York  Tribune,  on  or  about  March  20,  1852,  and  suggested  that 
he  urge  the  adoption  of  the  name,  which  Mr.  Greeley  did,  and 
at  a  convention  held  in  Vermont  on  June  8,  1854,  the  "free 
men  of  Vermont "  and  the  people  of  all  the  other  states  were 
invited  to  send  delegates  to  a  National  Convention,  should  one 
be  called,  to  oppose  the  extension  and  encroachments  of  slavery. 
A  mass  convention  was  called  to  meet  July  13  of  that  year,  and 
adopted  the  name  of  "Republican  "  for  the  new  party.  Horace 
Greeley  got  the  credit  for  the  name,  but  it  originated  with  the 
Wisconsin  man. 

Several  other  states  also  held  conventions  on  July  13,  and 
it  was  seen  that  the  Republican  party  was  to  become  a  national 
organization.  On  Feb.  22,  1855  (Washington's  birthday),  an 
informal  convention  met  at  Pittsburg  for  the  purpose  of  perfect- 
ing the  national  organization  and  to  provide  for  a  nominating 
convention  of  the  Republican  party  to  select  candidates  for 
President  and  Vice-President.  This  convention  met  at  Phila- 
delphia, July  17,  1856,  and  from  that  day  the  Republican  party 

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began  the  struggle  which  a  few  years  later  liberated  the  slaves 
and  precipitated  the  events  which  brought  about  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion  and  finally  held  the  states  together  as  a  Union.  It 
is  proper  to  state  here,  however,  that  the  name  of  ' '  Repub- 
lican "  was  adopted  by  a  Michigan  State  Convention  on  July  6, 
1854,  just  seven  days  before  the  Vermont  convention  was  held. 

At  the  first  National  Convention  John  C.  Fremont  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  William  L.  Dayton  of  New  Jersey  were  nominated. 
Abraham  Lincoln's  name  was  before  the  convention  for  the 
nomination  of  Vice-President.  He  received  110  votes  against 
259  for  Dayton  and  180  scattering.  The  Republican  ticket  was 
beaten  by  James  Buchanan  of  Pennsylvania  and  J.  C.  Brecken- 
ridge  of  Kentucky  ;  but  the  new  party  was  not  discouraged,  and 
the  next  national  campaign,  in  1860,  passed  into  history  as  the 
most  notable  for  many  reasons. 

This  convention,  the  second  National  Convention  of  the 
Republican  party,  met  in  Chicago  on  May  16,  1860,  and  nomi- 
nated Abraham  Lincoln  of  Illinois  for  President  and  Hannibal 
Hamblin  of  Maine  for  Vice-President.  The  Republican  ticket 
was  elected. 

President  Lincoln  issued  his  first  proclamation  of  emancipa- 
tion. The  stirring  scenes  that  followed  still  live  in  the  memory 
of  all  who  witnessed  or  read  of  them.  Lincoln  became  the  idol 
of  his  party  and  was  renominated  and  elected  in  1864,  with  An- 
drew Johnson  of  Tennessee  as  Vice-President.  Through  all 
that  bloody  drama  from  '61  to  '64  he  was  firm,  yet  kind,  in- 
flexible in  his  devotion  to  duty,  generous  and  liberal  to  his  fallen 
foes.  His  policies  cemented  and  strengthened  the  Union  and 
made  a  dissolution  of  the  States  impossible.  Yet  he  fell  by  the 
hand  of  the  ' '  Assassin  "  Booth,  and  a  nation  was  in  tears. 

The  war  had  ended,  and  General  U.  S.  Grant  of  Illinois,  the 
head  of  the  army,  was  nominated  in  Chicago  on  May  20,  1868. 
Schuyler  Colfax  of  Indiana  was  named  for  the  Vice-Presidency,, 
and  both  were  elected. 

Next  came  the  convention  of  1872,  held  at  Philadelphia, 
which  nominated  Grant  and  named  Henry  Wilson  of  Massachu- 
setts for  Vice-President,  and  both  were  elected,  this  being  Gen. 
Grant's  second  term.  The  Republican  party  had  enjoyed  such 
smooth  sailing  up  to  this  time  that  little  thought  of  its  possible 
defeat  was  entertained  ;  but  in  the  convention  of  1876,  which 

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was  held  at  Cincinnati  on  June  14,  there  was  aroused  a  spirit  of 
opposition  to  a  third  term  and  to  the  Grant  following  which 
finally  resulted  in  the  election,  eight  years  later,  of  a  Demo- 
cratic President.  The  opposition  to  Grant  and  a  third  term  led 
to  the  nomination  of  a  "  dark  horse,"  Rutherford  13.  Hayes  of 
Ohio  and  William  A.  Wheeler  of  New  York.  They  Avere  elected, 
but  there  was  a  bitter  contest  by  the  Democrats  for  their  can- 
didate, Samuel  J.  Tilden. 

The  next  convention  was  held  in  Chicago,  June  10,  1880. 
James  A.  Garfield  of  Ohio  and  Chester  A.  Arthur  of  New  York 
were  the  nominees,  and  at  this  convention  another  wedge  was 
entered  which  aided  in  the  defeat  of  the  Republican  party  four 
years  later.  The  friends  of  James  G.  Elaine,  who  afterwards 
became  President  Garfield's  premier,  worked  hard  for  the  nomi- 
nation and  were  greatly  disappointed  at  his  defeat.  President 
Garfield  was  assassinated  before  his  term  expired  and  Vice- 
President  General  Arthur  filled  out  the  unexpired  term. 

At  the  convention  of  1884,  held  in  Chicago  June  5,  Mr. 
Blaine  secured  the  nomination  after  a  hard  battle.  The  war 
veteran,  Gen.  John  A.  Logan  of  Illinois,  was  named  for  Vice- 
President,  and  the  strife  which  began  in  the  Republican  con- 
vention eight  years  before,  and  kept  up  in  the  convention  four 
years  later,  had  its  effect  during  the  campaign,  and  Blaine  and 
Logan  went  down  before  the  Democratic  nominees,  Grover 
Cleveland  of  New  York  and  T.  A.  Hendricks  of  Indiana. 

The  next  convention  was  held  in  Chicago  in  1888,  and  Ben- 
jamin Harrison  of  Indiana  was  nominated  for  President,  with 
Levi  P.  Morton  of  New  York  for  Vice-President.  The  ticket 
was  elected,  Grover  Cleveland  being  defeated. 

But  the  Democrats  and  Mugwumps  rallied,  and  in  the  cam- 
paign of  1892  Cleveland,  being  again  the  nominee,  defeated  Mr. 
Harrison,  who  was  named  for  a  second  term  by  the  National 
Republican  Convention,  which  was  also  held  in  Chicago  on 
May  20. 

The  next  National  Republican  Convention  was  held  in  St. 
Louis,  and  this  brings  the  history  of  the  party  up  to  the  present 
administration.  It  was  at  this  convention  that  William  McKin- 
ley  of  Ohio  and  Garret  A.  Hobart  of  New  Jersey  were  nom- 
inated and  in  the  campaign  which  followed  achieved  such  a 
glorious  victory.  This  victory  did  not  end,  however,  in  Major 

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McKinley's  election.  It  brought  prosperity  out  of  depression 
and  stagnation.  It  made  the  country  to  blossom  as  a  rose,  and 
opened  up  the  industries  which  under  Democratic  rule  had 
closed  down  for  want  of  demand  for  products.  Nor  is  this  all. 
President  McKinley  was  asked  by  the  people  of  the  United 
States  to  go  to  the  relief  of  the  oppressed  and  struggling  peo- 
ple within  100  miles  of  oar  shores,  and  he  did  not  hesitate.  He 
assumed  the  responsibilities  of  the  undertaking  and  carried  to 
glorious  success  in  a  short  time  a  great  war,  which  added  to  the 
United  States  colonies,  increased  their  wealth  untold  millions 
and  demonstrated  to  the  world  that  America  is  one  of  the  leading 
powers  and  must  be  considered  as  such  in  all  future  conflicts  for 
superiority,  expansion  of  territory  or  commercial  rights.  The 
names  of  Lincoln  and  McKinley  will  go  down  to  posterity  as 
symbolic  of  courage,  statesmanship  and  champions  of  the  rights 
and  demands  of  our  people. 

History  shows  that  in  the  conduct  of  the  affairs  of  the  nation 
the  Republican  party  has  not  only  claimed  to  be  the  party  of 
prosperity  for  the  whole  people,  but  by  its  performances  has 
made  good  its  claim. 

The  people  of  the  United  States  have  been  accustomed  to 
prosperity  because  they  are  the  most  progressive,  resourceful 
and  energetic  people  in  the  world,  and  because,  also,  they  have 
dominion  in  a  country  which  comprises  within  its  boundaries 
every  material  gift  of  nature.  Under  wise  and  beneficent  gov- 
ernment, prosperity  and  happiness  for  the  governed  must  be  a 
natural  result  of  such  government  under  such  conditions. 

The  condition  of  the  people  of  the  United  States  from  the 
date  of  the  foundation  of  the  Republican  party  to  the  opening  of 
the  last  year  of  the  nineteenth  century  forms,  as  shown  by  the 
cold  and  truthful  light  of  history,  the  grandest  tribute  to  the 
beneficence  of  the  practical  enforcement  of  the  principles  of  the 
Republican  party,  and  at  the  same  time,  the  strongest  condemna- 
tion of  the  principles  of  that  moribund  organization  known  to  the 
people  of  the  United  States,  as  the  National  Democratic  party 
that  facts  can  demonstrate.  Facts  speak  for  themselves.  Like 
figures  they  do  not  lie.  .. 

From  1860  to  1884  the  Republican  party  was  in  power  in  the 
nation,  and  the  prosperity  of  the  American  people  during  all 
those  years  was  the  wonder  of  all  the  nations  of  the  earth.  From 


all  points  of  the  world  the  people  of  every  nation  flocked  to  the 
shores  of  the  United  States  because  here,  under  the  flag  of  the 
republic,  upheld  by  Republican  rule,  there  was  work  and  bread 
for  all. 

In  the  year  1884  an  accident  occurred.  The  great  statesman 
Blaine  was  defeated  by  a  Democratic  candidate  in  the  race  for 
the  presidency  through  untoward  circumstances,  and  Cleveland, 
a  Democrat,  assumed  the  reins  of  government  as  Chief  Execu- 
tive of  the  nation.  During  the  four  years  that  followed  the  full 
effects  of  this  misfortune  to  the  people  had  not  time  to -develop, 
and  Cleveland  was  succeeded  in  1888  by  Benjamin  Harrison, 
who,  during  four  years  of  wiso  and  beneficent  administration, 
succeeded  in  giving  the  American  people  a  chance  to  regain  what 
they  had  lost.  But  in  1892,  for  the  second  time  in  thirty-six 
years,  the  Democrats  succeeded  in  capturing  the  national  gov- 
ernment, and  Grover  Cleveland  was  once  more  installed  as  Pres- 
ident of  the  United  States.  Then  befell  to  the  nation  all  the  ills 
and  misfortunes  that  were  threatened  from  188-4  to  1888,  and 
for  four  years  we  had  untold  suffering  among  the  common  people 
of  the  country.  Industries  died  for  want  of  a  fostering  system  of 
government,  foreign  countries  preyed  and  grew  fat  upon  the  life 
blood  of  the  American  nation,  personal  and  business  energy 
lagged  and  merged  into  inanition,  enterprise  hid  her  head,  and 
poverty  stalked  through  the  land. 

These  darksome  days  of  Democratic  government  are  known 
to-day  and  will  be  known  to  history  as  "the  hard  times. "  No 
need  to  dwell  upon  them.  Rather  turn  to  the  bright  epoch 
which  has  succeeded  them,  the  era  of  McKinley,  Republicanism 
and  prosperity,  ushering  in,  as  it  does,  the  twentieth  century. 
We  have  taken  merely  a  backward  glance  at  the  events  of  the 
last  half  century,  and  but  slightly  and  incidentally  touched  the 
mountain  peaks  of  the  history  of  the  two  parties  from  the  purely 
economic  point  of  view.  The  great  commercial  and  business 
element  of  'the  community  has  had  in  general  and  in  detail  ex- 
perience of  the  facts  to  which  we  have  alluded.  The  working- 
men,  the  toilers  who  form  the  bone  and  sinew  of  the  nation,  have 
had  theirs.  Three  years  ago  they  drew  their  own  conclusions 
and  have  since  reaped  the  priceless  harvest  that  comes  of  expe- 
rience. On  the  commencement  of  the  new  century  the  history 
of  the  past  one  will  be  the  best  guide  of  the  American  people. 

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BRIEF  HISTORY  OF  THE  FAMOUS  HAMILTON  CLUB 

OF  CHICAGO. 


WHICH     STANDS    FOR      GOOD    GOVERNMENT      AND     SOUND 

REPUBLICAN  PRINCIPLES  AT  ALL  TIMES ALSO  ROLL 

OF    OFFICERS   AND    MEMBERS. 


The  Hamilton  Club,  of  Chicago,  is  to-day  one  of  the  most 
famous  and  influential  independent  Republican  organizations  in 
the  country. 

It  has  been  ten  years  in  existence,  being  founded  April  9th, 
1890,  on  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  surrender  of 
Appomattox. 

In  the  comparatively  brief  existence  of  the  club,  it  has  done 
wonders  for  the  cause  of  Republicanism  in  Chicago  and  the  West, 
and  in  the  broad  field  of  activity  which  it  has  marked  out  for 
itself,  this  organization  is  bound  to  be  recognized  as  a  most  in- 
fluential factor  in  the  affairs  and  campaigns  of  the  party  in  the 
future.  In  its  list  of  membership  we  find  the  names  of  the  best 
element  of  the  Republican  party  in  Chicago,  men  who  are  in 
politics  for  principle  only,  whose  object  is  good  government  and 
purity  in  official  life,  and  who  seek  to  elevate  not  only  the  party 
to  whicn  it  declares  its  adhesion  but  to  contribute  to  the  great 
cause  which  found  its  noblest  exemplar  in  Abraham  Lincoln,  a 
government  of  the  people,  by  the  people  and  for  the  people. 

On  its  roll  of  membership  are  to  be  found  the  names  of  men 
who  are  leaders  of  Republicanism  recognized  and  honored  every- 
where throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land. 

In  the  list  of  its  resident  members  we  find  the  names  of  such 
men  as  Samuel  W.  Allerton,  J.  Frank  Aldrich,  Faiiin  Q.  Ball, 
Lorin  C.  Collins,  Daniel  F.  Criliy,  Charles  G.  Dawes,  Charles  S. 
Deneen,  Arthur  Dixon,  John  Gibbons,  James  H.  Gilbert,  Ed- 
ward T.  Glennon,  Moses  E.  Greenebaum,  John  H.  Hamline, 
Elbridge  Hanecy,  Jesse  Holdom,  Perry  A.  Hull,  James  C. 
Irwin,  Egbert  Jamieson,  Marcus  Kavanagh,  Charles  F.  Kim  ball, 

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Daniel  H.  Kochersperger,  C.  C.  Kohlsaat,  George  W.  Miller,  R. 
J.  McDonald,  John  S.  Miller,  Charles  M.  Peck,  Alexander 
Re  veil,  Fred  W.  Upham,  C.  S.  Winston,  George  W.  Dixon, 
Fred  A.  Banges,  Edw.  A.  Munger,  James  R.  Mann,  Martin  B. 
Madden,  F.  O.  Lowden  and  the  late  lamented  Hope  Reed  Cody. 
These  names  are  mentioned  not  that  they  possess  any  more 
distinguishing  merit  than  the  main  body  of  the  membership,  but 
because  they  represent  success  in  business,  honor  and  purity 
in  official  life,  and  public  spirit  in  the  roll  of  honorable  citizen- 
ship of  Chicago. 

Its  honorary  membership  comprises  the  names  of  William 
McKinley,  Chauncey  M.  Depew,  William  D.  Hoard,  Thomas 
Brackett  Reed,  Theodore  Roosevelt,  Charles  Emory  Smith  and 
John  M.  Thurston.  In  its  non-resident  membership  are  other 
equally  distinguished  citizens. 

The  club,  as  everybody  knows,  is  named  in  honor  of  Alex- 
ander Hamilton,  and  its  aims  and  objects  are  worthy  of  the 
magnificent  American  statesman  after  whom  it  is  named. 

As  stated  in  its  by-laws,  the  purpose  of  the  Hamilton  Club  is 
the  advancement  of  political  science,  the  promotion  of  good  gov- 
ernment— local,  state  and  national — and  the  development  of 
patriotism  and  Republican  principles.  The  membership  is  com- 
posed exclusively  of  pronounced  Republicans  who  are  believers 
in  civil  service  reform.  Its  motto  is  to  be  found  in  the  famous 
words  of  Hamilton,  the  chevalier  Bayard  of  the  Republican 
party:  "  As  too  much  power  leads  to  despotism,  too  little  leads 
to  anarchy. " 

The  Hamilton  Club  has  grown  steadily  in  numerical  strength  and 
general  influence  from  the  date  of  its  inception.  It  has  always 
taken  a  most  active  part  in  all  the  campaigns  that  have  occurred 
since  it  was  founded,  most  notably  in  the  historic  national  cam- 
paign of  1896.  In  that  fight  the  Hamilton  Club  did  heroic  work 
in  the  education  of  the  people  in  the  tremendous  economic  prob- 
lem that  then  engaged  the  minds  of  the  citizens  of  the  United 
States,  and  the  Hamilton  Club  is  deserving  of  the  tribute  that  no 
independent  organization  in  the  country  from  Maine  to  California 
did  more  to  save  the  country  from  financial  dishonor  and  to  con- 
tribute to  the  election  of  the  great  apostle  of  sound  money,  na- 
tional honor  and  prosperity — William  McKinley — than  did  the 
Hamilton  Club.  The  annual  banquets  of  the  Hamilton  Club 

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have  been  among  the  red  letter  days  of  the  club  as  also  of  the 
party  locally. 

Each  and  all  of  them  have  been  notable  events  not  only  from 
a  social,  but  also  from  the  highest  and  noblest  standpoint  of  party 
politics  and  American  patriotism. 

The  first  headquarters  of  the  Hamilton  club  were  at  2 1  Grove- 
land  Park.  In  those  days  there  was  more  of  a  social  than  a 
political  aspect  to  the  organization.  But  it  soon  widened  the 
field  of  its  usefulness.  In  May,  1895,  it  took  possession  of  301-i 
Lake  Park  Avenue,  and  later  on,  in  March,  1898,  it  came  down 
town  and  opened  up  its  headquarters  at  114  Madison  street, 
where  they  are  to-day. 

This  necessarily  brief  notice  of  this  splendid  organization 
cannot  be  better  concluded  than  in  the  closing  words  of  the 
historical  notice  contained  in  the  beginning  of  the  little  hand- 
book containing  the  by-laws  and  roster.  "On  the  Club  anniver- 
sary in  1899,  the  most  notable  of  the  club  banquets,  was  given  in. 
honor  of  the  tide  of  Americanism  which  had  its  rise  in  the 
Spanish  War  and  hastened  the  obliteration  of  all  sectional  feeling 
in  this  country. 

The  event  was  celebrated  in  the  Auditorium  theatre,  which  was 
filled — the  parquette  by  banqueters,  and  the  rest  by  spectators. 
The  occasion  was  non-political  and  purely  patriotic.  The  grow- 
ing brotherhood  between  North  and  South  was  the  theme,  and 
the  'subject  of  the  toasts  "Grant,"  "Lee,"  and  "The  Union," 
Apponiattox Day  being  celebrated  as  "The  First  Day  of  Peace." 
The  Club  has  thus  endeavored  to  aid  in  cementing  the  ties  that 
bind  the  two  sections  of  our  country  and  trusts  that  the  future 
may  have  in  store  for  it  the  privilege  of  drawing  even  more 
closely  together  the  Blue  and  the  Gray. 

The  following  is  a  full  list  of  officers,  directors  and  members 
of  the  Hamilton  Club: 

OFFICERS  AND  DIRECTORS  1899—1900. 

President,  First  Vice-President,          Second  Vice- President, 

George  W.  Miller.  Frank  O.  Lowden.  Alonzo  Wygant. 

Secretary,  Rush  C.  Butler.  Treasurer,  Henry  L.  Turner. 

DIRECTORS. 

Fred  A.  Bangs  Gideon  E.  Newman  Roger  Sherman 

George  E.  Shipman  David  S.  Geer  Arthur  A.  Taylor 

Edward  H.  Taylor  William  \V.  Wheelock  Conrad  J.  Gundlach 

James  T.  Plumsted 

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COMMITTEES. 


Political  Action  Committee: 
Arthur  A.  Taylor, 
Edwin  A.  Munger, 


Fred  A.  Bangs,  Chairman. 

William  W.  Wheelock. 
Eli  B.  Felsenthal. 


Chauncey  W.  Marty n, 


Stillman  B.  Jamieson, 


William  S.  Barbee, 


HOUSE   COMMITTEE. 

Conrad  J.  Gundlach,  Chairman. 

ENTERTAINMENT   COMMITTEE. 

Henry  W.  Price,  Chairman. 

MEMBERSHIP   COMMITTEE. 

R.  Deios  Martin,  Chairman. 


Rush  C.  Butler. 


Warwick  A.  Shaw. 


James  H.  Wilkerson. 


LIBRARY   AND   PUBLICATION   COMMITTEE. 

Stuart  H.  Brown,  Chairman. 


Henry  R.  Baldwin, 


Hoyt  King-. 


PRESS     COMMITTEE. 


Ward  B.  Sawyer,  Chairman. 
William  H.  Harper,  Erasmus  C.  Lindley. 


Fred  Whitfield, 


FINANCE    COMMITTEE. 

James  T.  Plumsted,  Chairman. 

CIVII,   SERVICE   COMMITTEE. 


Pliny  B.  Smith. 


Newton  A.  Partridge,  Chairman. 

Wallace  Heckman,  David  S.  Geer, 

Frederick  W.  Burlingham,  Donald  M.  Carter. 


James  Rosenthal, 


Harry  V.  Wood, 


Fletcher  R.  Ross, 
Alfred  J.  Babcock, 


AUDITING     COMMITTEE. 

WTilliam  A   Coleman,  Chairman. 

BILLIARD    COMMITTEE. 

Thomas  M.  Turner,  Chairman. 

WHIST    COMMITTEE. 


Julian  McDermid. 


Fred  L.  Goff . 


John  B.  Porter,  Chairman. 

Archibald  W.  McCandless, 
William  S.  Burling. 


COMMITTEE   ON   SELECTION   OF   SERIAL   PUBLICATIONS. 

Robert  McMurdy,  Chairman. 


Frank  I.  Moulton, 


Hope  Reed  Cody. 


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RECEPTION    COMMITTEE. 


William  D.  Washburn,  Chairman. 


Far! in  Q.  Ball 
John  J.  Magee 
Alonzo  J.  Colt 
Edward  K.  Orr 
Thomas  Davies 
David  H.  Roblin 
John  Gibbons 
Kickham  Scanlan 
James  P.  Harrold 
Edward  H.  Taylor 
Thomas  J.  Holmes 
Roy  O.  West' 


Henry  C.  Lytton 
Charles  L.  Caswell 
George  W.  Northrup 
Charles  S.  Cutting 
Adelor  J.  Petit 
Henry  V.  Freeman 
Robert  E.  Sackett 
Henry  Greenebaum 
Frank  P.  Sadler 
John  Hanberg 
Myron  W.  Whitteroore 
Charles  T.  Lee 
Henry  M.  W'isler. 


W.  Gale  Blocki 
Matthew  H.  McCarthy 
D  wight  B.  Cheever 
Patrick  H.  O'Donnell 
Alfred  D.  Eddy 
Frank  L.  Shepard 
Kitt  Gould 
Harry  P.  Simonton 
William  B.  Herrick 
Charles  W.  Vail 
Harry  L.  Irwin 
Frank  B.  Draper 


Robert  McMurdy 
Fre'derick  A.  Smith 
Robert  Mather    - 
Edward  J.  Judd 
Arthur  Dixon 


M.  Lester  Coffeen 

Henry  M.  Bacon 

Resigned 
Edward  J.  Judd 


OFFICERS. 

Presidents. 

1890—  '91 

Samuel  W.  Allerton  - 

-       1895—  '96 

1891—  '92 

Frank  I.  Moulton  - 

-  1896—  '97 

1892—  '93 

Jesse  Holdom 

1897—  '98 

1893—  '94 

Hope  Reed  Cody 

-  1898—  '99 

1894—  '95 

George  W.  Miller 

-  1899—1900 

First  Vice-Presidents. 

1890— '91       W.  N.  Sattley       -       -  -       1892— '93 

D.  J.  Schuyler         -  -      -  1893— '95 

•  1891— '92       John  S.  Miller      -  -       1895— '99 

Frank  O.  Lowden  -  -       1899—1900 


Frank  I  Moulton 
James  R.  Terhune 
Frank  II.  Barry  - 
Frank  Wells     -      - 


Second  Vice-Presidents. 

1890— '91  Isaac  H.  Pedrick 

-  1891 — '92  Julius  Stern      - 
1892 — '94  Jacob  Newman   - 

-  1894 — '96  Alonzo  Wygant 


1896— '97 
-  1897— '98 

1898— '99 
1899—1900 


Secretaries. 


Herbert  C.  Metcalf 

Resigned 
Robert  Mather 
Robert  Mather 

Hubert  D.  Crocker 

Resigned 
George  W.  Dixon 


1890— '91 
1891— '92 
1892— '94 


George  W   Dixon    ) 

Resigned 
Edward  S.  Elliott  ) 

Albert  E.  Crowley 
Roger  Sherman  - 
Rush  C.  Butler 


1894— '95 

-  1895— '97 

1897— '99 

1899—1900 


Ralph  Metcalf 
Samuel  J.  Kline 


Treasurers. 

1890— '97       Daniel  F.  Crilly 
1897— "98       Henry  L.  Turner    - 

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1898— '99 
1899—1900 


Chairmen  Political  Action  Committee. 

John  C.  Everett      -       -  -  1890— '92  Albert  C.  Barnes  ) 

Frank  I.  Moulton      -       -  1892— '94                Resigned  -       -  1896— '97 

John  C.  Everett      -       -  -  1894-'95  Jesse  H°ldom        3 

Robert  McMurdy  )  Hope  Reed  Cody         -       -       1897-'98 

Resigned           I    -       -  1895— '96  George  W.   Dixon  -  -       -  1898— '99 

Albert  C.  Barnes  )  Fred  A.  Bangs      -  -  1899—1900 

FIRST  ANNUAL   BANQUET. 

Robert  McMurdy,  of  Illinois  John  Jay  Knox,  of  New  York 

John  H.  Mainline,  of  Illinois  W.  D    Hoard,  of  Wisconsin 

Patrick  Dyer,  of  Missouri  Conrad  Haney,  of  Illinois 
W.  W.  Tracy,  of  Illinois 

SECOND   ANNUAL  BANQUET. 

Frederick  A.  Smith,  of  Illinois  John  M.  Thurston,  of  Nebraska 

Richard  Yates,  of  Illinois  Frank  F.  Davis,  of  Minnesota 

Russell  A.  Alger,  of  Michigan 

THIRD  ANNUAL  BANQUET. 

Robert  Mather,  of  Illinois  H.  Clay  Evans,  of  Tennessee 

Edgar  A.  Bancroft,  of  Illinois  George  Hunt,  of  Illinois 

Theodore  Roosevelt,  of  New  York  Emil  G.  Hirsch,  of  Illinois 

FOURTH   ANNUAL   BANQUET. 

(Informal. ) 

FIFTH   ANNUAL   BANQUET. 

Arthur  Dixon,  of  Illinois  Conrad  Haney,  of  Illinois 

A .  B.  Cummins,  of  Iowa  Clark  E.  Carr,  of  Illinois 

Richard  J.  Oglesby,  of  Illinois  Thomas  B.  Reed,  of  Maine 

SIXTH   ANNUAL   BANQUET. 

Samuel  W.  Allerton,  of  Illinois  Joseph  B.  Foraker,  of  Ohio 

Albert  C.  Barnes,  of  Illinois  John  W.  Noble,  of  Missouri 

Booker  T.  Washington,  of  Alabama  Albert  J.  Beveridge,  of  Indiana 

Charles  Edward  Cheney,  of  Illinois  William  H.  Skaggs,  of  Alabama 

Asa  T.  Bushnell,  of  Ohio  William  P.  Williams,  of  Illinois 

SEVENTH   ANNUAL   BANQUET. 

Frank  I.  Moulton,  of  Illinois  Charles  H.  Grosvenor,  of  Ohio 

Robert  G.  Cousins,  of  Iowa  J.  Frank  Aldrich,  of  Illinois 

Samuel  W.  McCall,  of  Massachusetts      Joseph  V.  Quarles,  of  Wisconsin 

EIGTH   ANNITAL  BANQUET. 

Jesse  Holdom,  of  Illinois  James  A.  Tawney,  of  Minnesota 

Lorrin  A.  Thurston,  of  Hawaii  Romulus  Z.  Linney,  of  North  Carolina 

William  P.  Hepburn,  of  Iowa  James  R.  Mann,  of  Illinois 

Albert  J.  Hopkins,  of  Illinois  Artemas  Jean  Haynes,  of  Illinois 

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NINTH   ANNUAL   BANQUET. 


Hope  Reed  Cody,  of  Illinois 
Peter  S.  Grosscup,  of  Illinois 
Chauncey  M.  Depevv,  of  New  York 
Henry  L.  Turner,  of  Illinois 


George  R.  Bidvve  1,  of  New  York 
William  E.  Mason,  of  Illinois 
Shelby  M.  Cullom,  of  Illinois 
Marcus  Kavanagh,  of  Illinois 


APPOMATTOX   DAY    BANQUET,   1899 


Hope  Reed  Cody,  of  Illinois 
John  C.  Black,  of  Illinois 
Evan  C.  Settle,  of  Kentucky 


Charles  Emory  Smith,  of  Pennsylvania 
Theodore  Roosevelt,  of  New  York 


cmorxam. 


HONORARY 

John  Jay  Knox,  John  L.  Stevens. 


Edward  B.  Becker 
E.  A.  Bushnell 
Edward  D.  Cooke 
Philo  G.  Dodge 
Frederick  W.  C.  Hayes 


Samuel  K.  Martin 
William  E.  Wisdom 
Payson  McKillip 
William  E.  Oden 
James  A.  Perry 


A.  F.  Risser 
William  K.  Sullivan 
L.  H.  Towler 
Hope  Reed  Cody 


Russell  A.  Alger. 
Chauncey  M.  Depew. 
William  D.   Hoard. 


HONORARY    MEMBERS. 

Thomas  B.  Reed. 
Theodore  Roosevelt. 
Charles  Emory  Smith. 


William  McKinley. 
John  M.  Thurston. 


HAMILTON   CLUB   RESIDENT   MEMBERS. 


Adams,  W.  Porter 
Addington,  Keene  H. 
Adkinson,  Henry  M. 
Adkinson,  Elmer  W. 
Akers,  John  W. 
Aldrich,  J.  Frank 
Allen,  Charles  W. 
Allerton,   Samuel  W. 
Ailing,  Charles  Jr. 
Ailing,  Edward  H. 
Ames,  John  C. 
Anderson,  Benjamin  N. 
Anthony,  Charles  E. 
Anthony,   George   D. 
Apmadoc,  W.  Tudor 
Arnold,  William  G. 
Ashcroft,  Edwin  M. 
Babcock,   Alfred   J. 
Bacon,    Henry   M. 
Baer,   Almerin  W. 
Baker,  Frank  E. 


Baker,  Irving  W. 
Ball,   Farlin   H. 
Ball,  Farlin  Q. 
Ballard,  George  S. 
Ballard,  Orville  W. 
Balmer,  Thomas 
Baldwin,  Aristides  E. 
Baldwin,   Blake 
Baldwin,  Henry  R. 
Baldwin,  Jesse  A. 
Bancroft,  Edwin  A. 
Bangs,  Fred  A. 
Barbee,   William   S. 
Barber,  Edward  L. 
Barker,  George  F. 
Barker,  John  T. 
Barnes,  Albert  C. 
Barnes,  Carl  L. 
Barnett,  Joseph  H. 
Barr,  Edward 
Barry,  Edward  P. 


Bassett,  Orlando  P. 
Bassett,  Reuben  C. 
Beachey,  Hill 
Becker,  Abraham  G. 
Becker,  Anthony  W. 
Becker,  Benjamin  V. 
Behan,  Louis  J. 
Beidler,  Francis 
Beifield,  Joseph 
Beitler,  Henry  C. 
Benedict,  George  H. 
Benjamin,  Louis 
Bennett,  J.  Leroy 
Bennett,  Willis  H. 
Benton,  George  P. 
Berry,  Franklin  J. 
Bersbach,  Alfred 
Best,  Henry 
Billings,  Charles  L. 
Binner,  Oscar 
Birdsall,  Claude  H. 


Bishop,  L.  Brackett 
Either,  William  A. 
Bliss,  E.  Raymond 
Block,  Isaac 
Blocki,  W.  Gale 
Bloomingston,  J.  A. 
Bloomingston,  John  S. 
Blume,  George  P. 
Bodley,  Edwin   B. 
Boland,  James  F. 
Boiling,  George 
Bowyer,   Lorraine   F. 
Boyd,  Charles  L. 
Boyd,  Thomas  C. 
Brace,  William 
Bradburn,  James 
Braden,  Joseph  C. 
Bradley,  Charles   H. 
Brainerd,   Edwin  R. 
Brand,  Charles  H. 
Brand,  Edwin  L. 
Braunhold,  Louis  F. 
Bridge,   Frank   A. 
Bright,  Orville  T. 
Brintnall,  William  H. 
Brown,  Adelbert  E. 
Brown,    Benjamin 
Brown,  Edward  S. 
Brown,  Marshall  L. 
Brown,  Scott 
Brown,  Stuart  H. 
Brown,  William  C. 
Browe,  Edward 
•Buck,  Orlando  J. 
Btiffington,  Walter   J. 
Buckley,  Almond  W. 
Burling,: William  S. 
Burlingham,  Fred'k  W. 
Burnham,  Arthur 
Burres,  James  R. 
Burton,  Robert  A. 
Btisse,  Fred  A. 
Butler,  Rush  C. 
Calkins,   Charles  R. 
Campbell,  Daniel  A. 
Cannon,  Thomas  H. 
Capper,  John  S. 
Card,  Wilfred  H. 
Carpenter,  Richard  V. 
Carmack,  Edgar  H. 
Carter,  Donald  M. 
Carter,  Orrin  N. 
Caster,  Herbert  E. 
Castle,  Percy  V. 
Caswell,  Charles  L. 
Catlin,  Donald  C. 
Chapin,  Ora  E. 
Cheever,  Dwight  B. 
Clancy,  Albert  W. 
Clark,  Albert  C. 
Clark,  Charles  M. 
Clarke,  Henry  T.  Jr. 
Clarke,    M.    Gordon 
Clements,  C.  R. 


Clements,  D.  D. 
Cole,  Ira  W. 
Colburn,  Warren  E. 
Coleman,  William  A. 
Collins,  Charles  E. 
Collins,  Lorin  C. 
Colt,  Alonzo  J. 
Comrie,   Frank  M. 
Condee,  Leander  D. 
Conover,  Luther  W. 
Converse,  Clarence  M. 
Cook,  Orrin  S. 
Cook,   R.   C. 
Cook,    Robert    S. 
Cooley,    Harlan    Ward 
Cooper,  Abijah  0. 
Coussens,  Penrhyn  W. 
Cox,   Amariah   G. 
Cox,  Frank  M. 
Coyne,  F.  E. 
Cranston,  Thomas  H. 
Crawford,  Charles  H. 
Crilly,  Edward 
Crilly,  Daniel  F. 
Crilly,  William  M. 
Cody,  Arthur  B. 
Cody,   Hope  Reed 
Cody,  Sherman  P. 
Coffin,  Percy  B. 
Cohen,    Samuel 
Crouch,  Herbert  E. 
Crowley,  Albert  E. 
Crozier,  Frank 
Curtis,  Edward  C. 
Curtis,  Henry  M. 
Curtis,  Walter  W. 
Cuthbertson,  William 
Cutter,  Williard  F. 
Cutting,  Charles  S. 
Danziger,   Louis 
Davies,    Thomas 
Davies,  William  B. 
Davis,   Claude   B. 
Davies,  Charles  G. 
Day,  Edward  S. 
Dayton,  Melville  E. 
Defrees,   Joseph   H. 
Delaware,  Ambrose  S. 
Deneen,  Charles  S. 
Denney,  Milton 
Dennis,  Albert  E. 
Dickason,  Livingston 
Dicker,  Edward  A. 
Dixon,   Arthur 
Dixon,  Arthur  A. 
Dixon,  George  W. 
Dixon,  Thomas  J. 
Doan,  James  B. 
Dobyns,  Fletcher 
Dougherty,  Leverett  M. 
Douglass,  Francis  F. 
Dow,  Lorenzo  E. 
Downey,  Joseph 
Draper,  Arthur  W. 


Draper,  Frank  Burke 
Dundas,  Joseph  H. 
Dunn,  J.  Austin 
Dunning,  Frank  A. 
Durand,  Calvin 
Durrell,  D.  Jewell 
Dutton,  Charles  N. 
Dwen,  Robert  G. 
Eastman,  Edward  P. 
Eddy,  Alfred  D. 
Egan,  John  G. 
Eidmann,  Henry  F. 
Elliott,   William   S.   Jr. 
Elwell,  Edward  H. 
Emmons,  Strewin  M. 
Eppstein,  Jacob  M. 
Ettelson,  Samuel  A. 
Evans,    Evan    A. 
Everett,  Coleman  S. 
Everett,  Edward  W. 
Everett,  John  C. 
Fairbanks,  Newton  H. 
Farovid,  John  R. 
Farson,  Charles  T. 
Faye,  Carl   E. 
Fellows,    Charles 
Felsenthal,  Eli  B. 
Field,  Arthur  C. 
Filer,    Edward   T. 
Fish,  Abner  C. 
Fisher,  Harry  H. 
Fisk,  Lewis  A. 
Fitch,    John    H. 
Flagg,  Luther  Nichols 
Fleming,  Herbert  E. 
Florsheim,  Milton  S. 
Florsheim.  Simon 
Fletcher,  William  M. 
Foell,   Charles   M. 
Foreman,  Milton  J. 
Foster,  D.  Jack 
Foster,  William  A. 
Foss,  George  E. 
Fox,   Edward   H. 
Frank,  Isaac  M. 
Frank,  Robert  J. 
Frazier,  Stephen  R. 
Frederickson,  William 
Freeman,  Henry  V. 
Freeman,  John  L. 
Fries,  William 
Frysinger,  Edward  B. 
Fullenwider,  James  A. 
Fuller,  Levi  H. 
Fulton,  Arthur  W. 
Fulton,  James  T. 
Gale,  Joseph  C. 
Gansberger,  Frederick  H. 
Gardner,  William  A. 
Gates,  Elmer  L. 
Gauger,  John  A. 
Geer,  David  S. 
Geist,  Charles  H. 
Gemmill,  Charles  N. 


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Gibbons,  John 
Giersten,  Waldemar 
Goodnow,  Charles  N. 
Goodspeed,  Frederick  C. 
Goodwin,  Leonard 
Goodyear,  Charles  A. 
Goodykoontz,  Charles  H. 
Goold,   John  E. 
Goold,    Kitt 
Gordon,   Charles   U. 
Gould,  Frank 
Graves,  Albert  H. 
Gilbert,  Allan  A. 
Gilbert,   George  A. 
Gilbert,  James  H. 
Gilbert,  Matthew  P. 
Giles,  William  A. 
Gindele,   Charles 
Gleason,  Horace  W. 
Glennie,  Albert  E. 
Glennon,  Edward  T. 
Godair,  William  H. 
Goff,  Fred  L. 
Goodman,  Herbert  E. 
Gray,  Dayton  G. 
Green,  Maxwell  S. 
Green,   John  W. 
Greenebaum,  Henry 
Greenebaum,  Moses  E. 
Greenfield,  Charles  W. 
Gregory,  William  C. 
Grier,  George  W. 
Gross,  Howard  H. 
Gunderson,  George  O. 
Gundlach,  Conrad  J. 
Gunning,  Robert  J. 
Hadley,  Hugh  H. 
Hall,  Jesse 
Hall,  William  T. 
Hamburg,  Louis  E. 
Hamline,  John  H. 
Hamill,  Theophilus  W, 
Hamilton,  Isaac  Miller 
Hanberg,  John 
Hanecy,  Elbridge 
Harding,    Charles    F. 
Harmon,  Charles  S. 
Harpham,  Edwin  L. 
Harper,  C.L. 
Harper,  William  H. 
Harrold,  James  P. 
Hart,  Elmer  W. 
Hart,  Harry 
Hart,   Henry  W.   Jr. 
Harvey,  John  H. 
Hastings,  George  L. 
Hatch,  G.  Walter 
Hayes,  Frank 
Haynes,  Daniel  J. 
Headburg,  Albion  L. 
Healey,  James  J. 
Heckler,  Charles  E. 
Heckman,  Wallace 
Heizer,    Henry    P. 


Helmer,  Frank  A. 
Heminover,  W.  E. 
Henderson,  William 
Henry,  John  A. 
Herr,   Percy   B. 
Herrick,  William  B. 
Hertz,  Henry  L. 
Heymuth,  Lawrence 
Hibbard,  James  W. 
Hickman,   Charles 
Higgins,  Lowrie  M. 
Hill,  John  W. 
Hills,  William  E. 
Hiner,  Joseph  W. 
Hirsch,  James  H. 
Hirschl,  Andrew  J. 
Kitchens,  Robert  K. 
Hodgkins,  Jefferson 
Hogan,    Douglas    J. 
Holbrook,  J.  Howard 
Holden,  Henry  P. 
Holdom,  Jesse 
Holmes,  Thomas  J. 
Holway,   Wesley   H. 
Hood,  John  D. 
Hooper,  Edwin  E. 
Hopkins,  Francis  A. 
Horr,  George  B. 
Horton,    Oliver   H. 
Houston,  William  T. 
Howard,  Daniel 
Howard,  Lyman  E. 
Howieson,  George  Jr. 
Hughes,  Ward 
Hull,  Perry  A. 
Hume,  Summer  W. 
Humphrey,  Arthur 
Hyde,  Edwin  N. 
lies,  Robert  S. 
Irwin,  Harry  L. 
Irwin,  Alexander 
Irwin,  James  C. 
Jackson,  Charles  H. 
Jackson,  Heman  B. 
Jackson,  John  L. 
Jackson,  Lionel  H. 
Jackson,  Samuel  W. 
Jacobs,  Steven  W. 
Jacobsen,  John  A. 
Jamieson,  Egbert 
Jamieson,  Stillman  B. 
Jayne,  Edgar  L. 
Jenkins,  George  R. 
John,  Adolph 
Johnson,  Charles  W. 
Johnston,  Harry  B. 
Joice,  Albert  W. 
Jones,  John  Hugh 
Jones,  Samuel  J. 
Jones,  S.  E. 
Jones,  W.   Clyde 
Judah,  Noble  B. 
Judd,  Edward  J. 
Judd,  Henry  S. 

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Judd,  Wilton  B. 
Judd,  Frederick  P. 
Jukes,  Arthur  G. 
Juul,  Neils 
Kavanagh,  Marcus 
Keating,  Arthur  J. 
Kehlor,  John  M. 
Keller,    Charles   L. 
Kemper,  Arthur  L. 
Kerfoot,  Samuel  H.  Jr. 
Kerr,  Wm.  R. 
Kesner,  Jacob  L. 
Kessler,  George  T. 
Kimball,  Charles  F. 
Kinney,  George.  K. 
Kinney,  James  A. 
Kirkland,  Lloyd  G. 
Kline,  Samuel  J. 
Knobel,  John  Esher 
Knoch,  William  F. 
Knopf,  Philip 
Koch,  Charles  R.  E. 
Kochersperger,  Daniel  H 
Kohlsaat,  Christian  C. 
Kimball,  Granville 
King,    Edward   A. 
King,  Fred  W. 
King,    Hoyt 
King,   Jesse  G. 
Kohn,  Louis  H. 
Kozminski,  Maurice  W. 
Kramer,  Adolph  F. 
Kremer,  Charles  E. 
Kuppenheimer,  Jonas 
Lambert,  John 
Lampert,  Nelson 
Landt,  Charles  C. 
Lebolt,  Myer  H. 
Lee,  Arthur  V. 
Lee,  Charles  T. 
Lee,  Harry  F. 
Leeds,  Charles  S. 
Leman,  Henry  W. 
Leopold,  Alfred  F. 
Leopold,  Nathan  F. 
Lesan,  H.  E. 
Levinson,  Salmon  O. 
Levis,  John  M. 
Leyenberger,  Charles 
Lauth,  Jacob 
Lawson,  William  C. 
Lav/ton,  William  M. 
Lindley,  Erasmus  C. 
Little,  Charles  B. 
Long,  Theodore  K. 
Lord,  William  B. 
Louer,  Albert 
Lowden,    Frank   O. 
Lowell,  Wallace  A. 
Luken,  Frank  J. 
Lutz,   Theodore  C. 
Lyford,  Will  H. 
Lytton,  Henry  C. 
Lytton,  N.  George 


Mabie,  Charles  E. 
Madden,  Martin  B. 
Magee,  John  J. 
Magerstadt,  Ernest  J. 
Makeel,  Frank  E. 
Mallory,  Charles  A. 
Mann,  James  R. 
Marchand,  George  L. 
Marquis,  Albert  N. 
Marriott,  Abe  R. 
Marshall,  William  M. 
Martin,  Amos  W. 
Martin,  A.  Vere 
Martyn,  Chauncey  W. 
Martyn,  R.  Delos 
Marx,  Matthew  A. 
Mason,  William  E. 
Mathews,  Albert 
Mathews,  Fred  W. 
Maxwell,  William  W. 
Mayou,  Joseph  S. 
Mays,  James  H. 
Meissner,  William  O. 
Mercer,  Louis  Pyle 
Merchant,    Walter 
Metcalf,  Ralph 
Meyer,  Oscar 
Milchrist,  Thomas  E. 
Miller,  Charles  P. 
Miller,  Charles  S. 
Miller,  Frank  V. 
Miller,  George  W. 
Miller,   John  S. 
Miller,  Swan  A. 
Miller,  W.  C. 
Mills,  Daniel  W. 
Mills,   Frank  O. 
Mix,  Ira  J. 
Mix,  James  T. 
Monroe,  C.  A. 
Moore,    George    C. 
Moos,    Joseph    B. 
More,  R.  Wilson 
Morgan,  George  C.  Jr. 
Morrell,  Charles  A. 
Morris,  Ira 
Moses,  Hamilton 
Moses,  Julius 
Moulton,  Frank  I. 
Moulton,  William  B. 
Mulford,  Leonard  S. 
Mund,   Herman   H. 
Munger,  Edwin  A. 
Munger,  Harry  B. 
Munger,  Orlo  B. 
Murray,  Charles  A. 
Murray,  Charles  R. 
McDonald,  Robert  J. 
McArdle,  Edward  J. 
McBride,  George  J. 
McCandless,  Archibald 
McCarthy,    Matthew    H. 
McClanahan,  Archie  A. 
McCloud,  Sidney 


McConahey,  James  M. 
McConnell,  Charles  H. 
McCourtney,  J.  Howard 
McCoy,  Charles  S. 
McCullough,  James  F. 
McDermid,  Julius 
McDonald,  Walter  H. 
McElroy,  John  Howard 
McGinnis,  Harry  C. 
McKinnon,  John  W. 
McLaren,  William 
McMartin,  George  D. 
McMurdy,  Robert 
McNab,  Joseph  L. 
McNulta,  John 
Nance,  Willis  O. 
Nelson,  John  L. 
Newberry,  Robert  T. 
Newkirk,  Hawley  A. 
Newman,  Gideon  E. 
Newman,  Jacob 
Nichols,  Franklin 
Noble,  Glenn  S. 
Noble,  William  L. 
Nolforth,  Max  L. 
Northrup,  George  W. 
Norton,  Charles  L. 
Norton,  Willard  D. 
Nourse,  Benjamin  F. 
Nickerson,  Dexter  W. 
Nisbet,  Leroy  K. 
Noyes,    William    S. 
Nuveen,  John 
O'Donnell,  Patrick  H. 
Olds,  Lee  M. 
Olds,   Walker 
O'Leary,  Arthur  J. 
Oliver,  Frederick  S. 
Oliver,  John  Milton 
Olson,  Harry 
O'Neil,  Hugh 
Orr,   Edward   K. 
Orr,  Louis  T. 
Osborne,   Frank  Sayre 
Otis,  Thomas  G. 
Parish,  John  D. 
Parish,  Samuel  M. 
Parker,  Francis  W. 
Partridge,  Newton  A 
Patterson,  C.  Earl 
Patton,  H.  Dorsey 
Payne,  William  R. 
Peale,  Charles  M. 
Pease,  Frank  B. 
Pebbles,  Henry  R. 
Peck,  Adelbert  H. 
Peck,  Charles  M. 
Peckham,  Charles  H. 
Pedrick,  Isaac  H. 
Pennington,  Thomas  C. 
Pennoyer,  James  C. 
Perkins,    Larson   W. 
Perkins,  Walton 
Perry,  George  B. 


Perry,  Isaac  N. 
Petit,  Adelor,  J. 
Peyton,  Clark  L. 
Phelps,   Harry  J. 
Phillips,  William  E, 
Phinney,  Frederick 
Phister,  Walter  B. 
Pick,  Albert 
Pierce,  Daniel  A. 
Pierson,  Charley 
Plumsted,  James  T. 
Pope,  Charles  E. 
Poppenhusen,  Conrad 
Porter,  Breck  D. 
Porter,  John  B. 
Powell,  Isaac  N. 
Powers,  James  R. 
Price,   Henry  W. 
Pringle,  Fred  W. 
Pruyn,  Charles 
Purington,  Dillwyn  V. 
Quinlan,  William  H. 
Randall,  Charles  E. 
Randall,  Milo  B. 
Rathbone,  Kenry  R. 
Raymer,  Walter  J. 
Raymond,  Samuel  B. 
Redick,  Gus  C. 
Rennacker,  A.  M. 
Revell,  Alexander  H. 
Richards,  J.  T. 
Richards,  John  T. 
Richards,  Lincoln 
Richardson,  Frederick 
Richardson,  Hugh  T. 
Richardson,  John 
Richardson,  John  A. 
Rigby,  William  C. 
Riggs,  George  W. 
Right,  Christian  C. 
Ringer,  Jacob 
Roberts,  Edward  L. 
Robinson,  Thomas  H. 
Robinson,  William  F. 
Roblin,  David  H. 
Rose,  Frank  A. 
Rosenthal,  James 
Rosenthal,  Abe 
Ross,  Clarence  A. 
Ross,  Fletcher  R. 
Rothschild,  Abraham  M. 
Rountree,  Harrison  H. 
Rowe,  Frederick  A. 
Rowley,  Clark  R. 
Royer,  John  C.  F. 
Rush,  G.  Fred 
Sackett,    Robert   E. 
Sadler,  Frank  P. 
Sawyer,  Ward  B. 
Scanlan,  Daniel  W. 
Scanlan,  Kickham 
Schleicht,  Charles 
Rchryver,  Herbert  A. 
Schuyler,  Daniel  J. 


Schuyler,  Daniel  J..,  Jr. 
Sears,  Charles  B. 
Sears,  Nathaniel  C. 
Secor,  Frank  P. 
Severson,  Olaf  F. 
Shaefer,  William  C. 
Shafer,  Henry  R. 
Shaw,  Warwick  A. 
Shepard,  Frank  L. 
Sherer,  William  G. 
Shipnes,  Wilford  C. 
Shoenmann,  Charles  S. 
Sibley,  James  W. 
Simon,  Robert  M. 
Simonton,  Harry  P. 
Sims,  Charles  B. 
Sincere,  Louis 
Singer,  Charles  G. 
Sisson,  Everett 
Skinner,  F.  M. 
Slayton,  Joseph  W. 
Small,  Ralph  D 
Smith,  Abner 
Smith,  Charles  G. 
Smith,  Frederick  A. 
Smith,  Henry  C. 
Smith,  Pliny  B. 
Smyth,  John  M. 
Sheriff,  Andrew  R. 
Sherling,  George  H. 
Sherman,  Mark  R. 
Sherman  Roger 
Sherman,  Ward  B. 
Sherwood,  Ludlow  S. 
Sherwood,  Nehemiah 
Sherwood,  William  H. 
Shipman,  George  E. 
Stanton,  R.  T. 
Steele,  Henry  B. 
•Steiglitz,  Norbert 
Stern,  Julius 
Stevens,  Charles  A. 
Stevens,  Loren  G. 
Stevens,  Raymond  W. 
Stillman,  Herman  W. 
Stockham,  William  H. 
Stoddard,  Charles  H. 
Sollitt  Oliver 
Sollitt,  Ralph  T. 
Sollitt,  Sumner 
Southard,  Albert  B. 
:Spaulding,  Charles  D. 


Spofford,  George  W. 
Spooner,  Frank  E. 
Sprogle,  Howard  0. 
Standish,  Charles  A.  V. 
Stowell  Harry  A. 
Straus,  Simeon 
Straus,   Simon  W. 
Strickler,  Harvey 
Stringfleld,  C.  Pruyn 
Strong,  Joseph  H. 
Sullivan,  Harry  A. 
Swett,  W.  H. 
Swift,  George  B. 
Swobe,  Edwin  S. 
Taylor,  Arthur  A. 
Taylor,  Clayton  R. 
Taylor,  Edwin  H. 
Terwilliger,  Edwin 
Thatcher,  Ralph  H. 
Thexton,  Louis 
Thomas,  Abraham  L. 
Thomas,  Benjamin 
Thomas,  John  P. 
Thorbus,  William  C. 
Thurston,  Frank  W. 
Tidball,  Zan  L. 
Torrison,  Oscar  M. 
Tousey,  Chester  A. 
Towle,  Henry  S. 
Towler,  Edward  T. 
Towne,  William  M. 
Townsend,  J.  A. 
Treat,  W.  A. 
Trude,  Samuel  H. 
Turner,  Henry  L. 
Turner,  Thomas  M. 
Underwood,  George  W. 
Underwood,  Pierce 
Upham,  Fred  W. 
Urion,  Alfred  R. 
Vail,  Charles  W. 
Varty,  Joseph  A. 
Vierling,  Robert 
Vogell,  William  H. 
Wach.srr.uth,  Fred'k  H. 
Walker,  George  R. 
Walker,  Herman  L. 
Walter,  William  A. 
Walters,  Louis  P. 
Ware,  Orlando  C. 
Warner,  Adelbert  J. 
Warner,  F.  Harrison 


Warren,  Charles  D. 
Warren,  Clinton  J. 
Warren,  Frederick  A. 
Washburn,  William  D. 
Waterman,  Arba  N. 
Wathier,  Charles  A. 
Wayne,  Henry  L. 
Wean,  Ftank  L. 
Webb,  George  D. 
Weber,  W.  H. 
Webster,  Geo.  W. 
Weil,  Theodore 
Welch,  Arthur  S. 
Wells,  Frank 
Wenban,  Albert  C. 
West,  Roy  O. 
Westbrook,  Ephraim  C. 
Wheeler,  Augustus  W. 
Wheeler,  Martin  L. 
Wheelock,  William  W. 
WThirl,  John  J. 
White,  Edward  J. 
Whitfield,  Fred 
Whiton,  W.  Starr 
Whittemore,  Myron  W. 
Wiemers,  William  F. 
Wight,  Samuel  A. 
Wilber,  Victor  A. 
Wiles,  Robert  H. 
Wiley,  Sterling  P. 
Wilkerson,  Fay  O. 
Wilkerson,  James  H. 
Williston,  Alfred  D. 
Willmarth.  E.  S. 
Winston,  Charles  S. 
Winslow,  Carlton  S. 
Wisler,  Henry  M. 
Whitbeck,  Richard  T. 
Wolff,  Max  L. 
Wood,  Harry  V. 
Wood,  Joseph  H. 
Wood,  Samuel  E. 
Wood,  Walpole 
Woods,  Francis  M. 
Wooley,  Jefferson  H. 
Wooster,  Clarence  K. 
Wygant,  Alonzo 
Young,  Edward  C. 
Young,  Linn  H. 
Youngberg,  John  E. 


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Adam,  Robert  M.,  Joliet,  111. 
Akin,  Edward  C.,  Springfield,  111. 
Allen,  Frank  G.,  Moline,  111. 
Armstrong,  Schubalt  T.,  Sycamore, 

111. 

Bailey,  W.  B.,  Danville,  111. 
Barnes,  Samuel  M.,  Fairbury,  111. 
Barr,  Richard  J.,  Joliet,  111. 
Baume,  James  S.,  Galena,  111. 
Baxter,  Delos  W.,  Rochelle,  111. 
Beebe,  Avery  N.,  Yorkville,  111. 
Berry,    Orville   F.,   Carthage,  111. 
Bethea,  Solomon  H.,  Dixon,  111. 
Blinn,  E.  D.,  Lincoln,  111. 
Blood.  Harry  E.,  New  York  City. 
Bogardus,  Charles,  Paxton,  111. 
Bond,  Nathan,  Hoopeston,  111. 
Bradford,  Ralph  F.,  Pontiac,  111. 
Calhoun,  W.  J.,  Danville,  111. 
Cannon,  James  G.,  Danville,  111. 
Carrithers,  Charles  F.  H.,  Fairbury, 

111. 

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Chafee,  George  D.,  Shelbyville,  111. 
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111. 
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Clark,  John  F.,  Marseilles,  111. 
Cole,  Warren  D.,  Paris,  111. 
Cole,  William  W.,  Geneseo,  111. 
Constantine,  Louis  A.,  Aurora,  111. 
Cornish,  S.  R.,  Belvidere,  111. 
Crawford,  A.  G.,  Pittsfield,  111. 
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Cutler,  George  S.,  New  York  City. 
Darling,  C.  W.,  Fargo,  N.  Dak. 
Daugherty,  A.  J.,  Peoria,  111. 
Davies,    William    A.,    Jacksonville, 

111. 

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Early,  Robert  E.,  Elgin,  111. 
Farrand,  James  A.,  Griggsville,  111. 
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Felmley,  John  S.,  Griggsville,  111. 
Fisher,  Hendrick  V.,  Geneseo,  111. 
Fornof,  John  W.,  Streator,  111. 
Foster,  F.  E.,  Watseka,  111. 
Foster,  William  H.,  Geneseo,  111. 
Frost,  Arthur  H.,  Rockford,  111. 
Funk,  Duncan  M.,  Bloomington,  111. 
Garnsey,   John    Henderson,    Joliet, 

111. 
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Gilmore,  Herbert  J.,  St    Louis,  Mo. 
Goodell,  Nathan  P.,  Loda,  111. 
Graves,  E.  C.,  Geneseo,  111. 
Greisheim,  Wolf,  Bloomington,  111. 
Grigsby,  Hugh  D.  L.,  Pittsfield,  111. 
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111. 

Hamilton,  Edward  C.,  Watseka,  111. 
Hamilton,  John  L.  Jr.,  Hoopeston, 

111. 

Hamlin,  H.  J.,  Shelbyville,  111. 
Harmon,  Leroy  Jones,  Milford,  111. 
Hathaway,  Fred  A.,  Ottawa,  111. 
Hawley,  C.  G.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Hayes,  Melville,  Wilmington,  O. 
Heaton,  J.  W.,  Hoopeston,  111. 
Higgins,  Daniel  F.,  Joliet,  111. 
Hilscher,  Robert  W.,  Watseka,  111. 
Hitch,  Charles  P.,  Paris,  111. 
Hitt,  Robert  R.,  Mt.  Morris,  111. 
Hollenbach,  George  M.,  Aurora,  111. 
Hunter,  William  S.,  El  Reno,  Ukla. 
Hunter,  William  R.,  Kankakee,  111. 
Ingalls,  Lewis  E.,  Joliet,  111. 
Ingham,  George  K.,  Clinton,  111. 
Irwin,  C.  F.,  Elgin,  111. 
Jefferies,  George  H.,  Charleston,  111. 
Jewell,  William  R.,  Danville,  111. 
Johnson,   Clarence    P.,    Springfield, 

111. 

Jones,  A.  M.,  Milford,  111. 
King,  Theodore  M.,  Paxton,  111. 
Kinney,    James,  Toulon,  111. 
Knight,  John  J.,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
Langford,  Charles  H.,  Paxton,  111. 
Larson,  Charles  A.,  Paxton,  111. 
Leiberknecht,    J.    Frank,    Geneseo, 

111. 

LeSeure,  Ernest  X.,  Danville,  111. 
Lord,  Frank  H.,  Piano,  111. 
Lott,  Edward  C.,  DeKalb,  111. 
Lovejoy,  Charles  P.,  Princeton,  111. 
Mabin,  George  G.,  Danville,  111. 
Mansfield,  Charles  F.,  Mansfield,  IJ1. 
Marshall,  James  A.,  Pontiac,  111. 
Marshall,  John  R.,  Yorkville,  111. 
Mason,  Lewis  F.,  Waukegan,  111. 
Martin,  Frank  P.,  Watseka,  111. 
Maxon,  George  E.,  Morrisonville,  111. 
Merriam,  Jonathan,  Atlanta,  111. 
Middlecoff,  J.  P.,  Danville  111. 
Mills,  Richard  W.,  Virginia,  111. 
Moffett,  John  IT.,  Paxton,  111. 
Moffett,  W.  E.,  Paxton,  111. 
Morris,  Thomas  G.,  La  Hogue,  111. 
Morrison,  L.  L.,  Rockford,  111. 
Murdock,  Frank,  Oneida,  111. 
McCullough,   H.    R.,    Lake    Forest, 

111. 
McCullough,  James  S.,  Springfield, 

111. 
McWilliams,  David,  Dwight,  111. 


49 


Neal,  Henry  A.,  Charleston  111. 
Northcott,   William   A.,  Greenville, 

111. 

Norton,    J.    Cook,    Joliet,   111. 
Oglesby,  John  D.  G.,  Elkhart,  111. 
Paddock,  James  H.,  Springfield,  111. 
Patton,  G.  W.,  Pontiac,  111. 
Pavey,    E.    M.,    Batavia,    111. 
Pearson,  Isaac  N.,  Macomb,  111. 
Pettett,  John  A.,  Dwight,  111. 
Phelps,  Henry  W.,  Hoopeston,  111. 
Phillips,  Isaac  N.,  Bloomington,  111. 
Pierce,  William  P.,  Hoopeston,  111. 
Powell,  Almet,  Oilman,  111. 
Rannells,  Charles  S.,  Jacksonville, 

111. 

Ray,  Lyman,  B.,  Morris,  111. 
Raymond,  Charles  W.,  Watseka,  111. 
Raymond,  John  M.,  Aurora,  111. 
Reece,  Jasper  N.,  Springfield,  111. 
Remington,    William   A.,   Geneseo, 

111. 

Richards,   H.  W.,  Mishawaka,  Ind. 
Roberts,  Edward  C.,  Davenport,  la. 
Robbins,  Joseph,  Quincy,  111. 
Robinson,    Benjamin    E.,   Fairbury, 

111. 

Robinson,  Henry  H.,  Mendota,  111. 
Rose,  James  A.,  Springfield,  111. 
Sammis,  F.  H.,  Elgin,  111. 
Schoch,  Albert  F.,  Ottawa,  111. 
Schryver,  Martin  E.,  Polo,  111. 
Scott,  Thomas  W.,  Fairfield,  111. 
Scrogin,  Andrew  J.,  Lexington,  111. 
Sherman,  Lawrence  Yates,  Macomb, 

111. 

Sieg,  Charles  H.,  Kenosha,  111. 
Skaggs,   William   H.,    Birmingham, 

Ala. 

Smith,  Clarence  E.,  Waukegan,  111. 
Smith,  E.  A.,  Oswego,  111. 
Smith,  Frank  L.,  Dwight,  111. 


Smith,  George  W.,  Murphysboro, 
111. 

Smith,  H.  G.,  Oswego,  111. 

Smith,  J.  A.  W.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 

Stewart,  John,  Elburn,  111. 

Stewart,  T.  B.,  St.  Charles  111. 

Stine,  D.  H.,  Newport,  Ky. 

Stone,  George,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Stubblefield,  George  W.,  Blooming- 
ton,  111. 

Templeton,  J.  W.,  Princeton,  111. 

Tice,  Homer  J.,  Greenview,  111. 

Torrance,  George,  Pontiac,  111. 

Trowbridge,  Irving  H.,  Marseilles, 
111. 

Turpin,  John  E.,  Piano,  111. 

Twitchell,  C.  W.,  Mattoon,  111. 

Van  Cleave,  James  R.  B.,  Spring- 
field, 111. 

Van  Emmon,  G.  H.,  Yorkville,  111. 

Van  Skiven,  A.  R.,  Streator,  111. 

Vaughan,  William,  Birmingham, 
Ala. 

Voris,  F.  D.,  Neoga,  111. 

Voss,  G.  H.,  Oswego,  111. 

Walker,  S.  E.,  Oswego,  111. 

Warner,  Charles  W.,  Hoopeston,  111. 

Warner,  Vespasian,  Clinton,  111. 

Wayne,  Charles  H.,  Elgin,  111. 

Whittemore,  F.  K.,  Springfield,  111. 

Williams,  D.  H.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Williams,  Ward  D.,  Janesville,  Wis. 

Wilson,  H.  Clay,  Springfield,  111. 

Wilson,  Samuel  F.,  Neoga,  111. 

Witwer,  C.  S.,  Joliet,  111. 

Wood,  Benson,  Effingham,  111. 

Wylie,  S.  M.,  Paxton,  111. 

Yates,  Richard,  Jacksonville,  111. 

Zimmerman,  George  P.,  Birming- 
ham, Ala. 

Zipf,  Oscar  R.,  Freeport,  111. 


Honorary  members  . . . 
Resident  members  . . . 
Non-resident  members 


.794 
.181 

.983 


50 


HISTORY  OF    THE  MARQUETTE  CLUB,  OF  CHICAGO. 


BETTER    KNOWN    AS     THE    ORIGINAL    MCKINLEY    CLUB ROLL 

OF    OFFICERS    AND    MEMBERS. 


The  strength  of  a  political  party  lies  in  the  buttresses  and  bul- 
warks erected  along  the  firing  line  by  its  adherents.  The  Repub- 
lican party  is  particularly  fortified  in  this  respect.  In  Chicago 
the  name  of  the  Marquette  Club  towers  aloft  as  a  fortress  and 
beacon  light  of  Republican  faith.  The  Marquette  Club,  which 
has  its  palatial  hoine  at  Dearborn  avenue  and  Maple  street,  in 
the  heart  of  North  Side  Republican  life  and  influence,  and  which 
bears  upon  its  rolls  the  names  of  more  than  seven  hundred  Repub- 
licans who  form  the  esprit  d'  corps  of  the  local  organization,  is 
truly  a  household  word  as  well  as  a  battle  cry  for  Republican 
hosts  in  Illinois.  Since  its  organization  seventeen  years  ago  the 
Marquette  has  been  a  potent  factor  and  a  living  voice  in  every 
political  campaign  in  city,  county,  state  and  country.  In  1886 
a  number  of  leading  Republicans  of  Chicago  held  a  meeting  for 
the  purpose  of  effecting  a  club  organization.  As  a  result  of  the 
first  informal  conference,  a  charter  was  drawn  and  articles  of 
incorporation  obtained  by  George  V.  Lauman,  Samuel  E.  Magill, 
Charles  U.  Gordon,  Will  S.  Hussander  and  Charles  C.  Colby, 
setting  forth  that  the  object  of  the  club  "is  for  the  advancement 
of  the  science  of  political  economy,  the  promotion  of  friendly 
and  social  relations  among  the  members  thereof,  and  to  exert 
such  influence  and  render  such  service  as  it  can  in  behalf  of  good 
government  and  to  promote  the  growth  and  spread  of  Repub- 
lican principles." 

Since  the  day  of  its  birth  the  Marquette  Club  has  exercised  a 
healthy  and  inspiring  influence  in  local,  state  and  national  poli- 
tics. Its  first  officers  were:  George  V.  Lauman,  president ;  F. 
W.  C.  Hayes  and  Samuel  E.  Magill,  vice  presidents;  Charles  U. 
Gordon,  secretary,  and  W.  S.  Gilbert,  treasurer.  In  1887 
Newton  Wyeth  was  elected  president,  but  in  1888  George  V. 

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Lauman  was  returned  to  the  office.  Alexander  H.  Itevell  was 
president  in  1889,  and  John  S.  Runnells  in  1890.  Elwyn  B. 
Gould  succeeded  in  1891,  and  Leroy  T.  Steward  in  1892.  In 

1893  Arthur  H.  Chetlain  became  president,  and  was  followed  in 

1894  by  Charles  U.  Gordon,   by  Elden  C.  DeWitt  in  1895  and 
1896,  by  Edward  G.  Pauling  in  1897  and  1898,  and  by  Herman 
B.  Wickersham  in  1899. 

During  these  years  the  official  roster  of  the  Marquette  Club 
has  contained  the  names  of  many  men  who  have  become  promi- 
nent in  national,  state  and  local  politics.  Among  these  are  Judge 
Theodore  Brentano,  Postmaster  Charles  U.  Gordon,  Lincoln  Park 
Commissioners  Lloyd  J.  Smith  and  H.  B.  Wickersham,  Mayor 
Hempstead  Washburne,  Representative  David  H.  Revell,  Mayor 
John  M.  Roach,  Senator  George  D.  Anthony,  Sheriff  Canute  R. 
Matson,  Congressman  George  E.  Foss,  Assessor  William  T.  Ball, 
Alderman  John  M.  Harlan,  Member  Board  of  Tax  Review  F. 
W.  Upham,  and  scores  of  others,  while  the  roll  includes  such 
men  as  Congressman  H.  S.  Boutell,  Sanitary  Board  President 
Wm.  Boldenweck,  former  Congressman  George  E.  Adams,  H. 
H.  Kohlsaat,  Gen.  George  R.  Peck  and  Judge  N.  C.  Sears. 

The  Marquette  Club  has  ever  been  in  the  forefront  upon  ques- 
tions involving  good  citizenship  and  honest  and  economical 
administration  of  municipal  and  state  affairs.  In  1894  the  club 
took  a  leading  part  in  the  detection  and  punishment  of  violators 
of  the  state  election  laws.  This  was  when  the  "dummy  ballot" 
and  "little  joker"  was  being  used  with  such  impunity  as  to  make 
local  elections  a  farce.  The  Marquette  Club  made  such  a  vigor- 
ous fight  that  several  leaders  of  the  ballot-box  gang  were 
convicted  and  others  driven  out  of  the  state.  Upon  questions 
relating  to  revenue  reform,  civil  service,  municipal  franchises, 
and  kindred  issues  the  club  has  established  a  lasting  record  in  its 
fight  in  behalf  of  the  rights  of  the  people.  Its  annual  banquets, 
which  have  more  than  once  been  graced  by  the  Chief  Executive 
of  the  country,  are  affairs  of  national  importance  and  never  fail  to 
attract  public  attention.  During  the  fall  festival  and  peace  jubilee 
held  in  Chicago  in  October,  1898 — 1899,  the  Marquette  Club 
was  host  to  President  McKinley  and  performed  its  part  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  public.  Its  fame  is  country-wide  and  its 
influence  grows  greater  with  each  succeeding  year. 


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MARQUETTE   CLUB. 

OFFICERS  FOR    1899  AND  1900. 

President,  Herman  B.  Wickersham 

First  Vice-President,  Henry  T.  Smith 

Second  Vice-President,  Abel  A.  Putnam 

Secretary,  Feno  E.  Smith 

Treasurer,  -- John  A.  Ahern 

DIRECTORS. 

Edwin  F.  Heywood,  John  W.  Kennedy,  William  F.   Zibell, 

F.  J.  Lange,  James  McNally,  T.  G.  Corlett. 

POLITICAL   ACTION   COMMITTEE. 

James  P.  Whedon,  Clarence  J.  Porter,  Paul  W.  Linebarger, 

Fred  Whitfield,  Judson  F.  Going,  Carl  L.  Barnes, 

Charles  Cittlin,  Leonard  Goodwin,  Wm.  R.  Rennacker. 

FINANCE   COMMITTEE. 

Abel  A.  Putnam,  John  \V.  Kennedy,  E.  G.  Pauling. 

HOUSE    COMMITTEE. 

Edwin  F.  Heywood,  C.  J.  Dorrance,  C.  Hynson. 

ENTERTAINMENT    COMMITTEE. 

Homer  A.  Drake,  S.  Tomaso,  H.  L.  Wing, 

M.J.Stevenson,  W.  L.  Bush. 

BANQUET    COMMITTEE. 

E.  C.  De \Vitt,  Lloyd  J.  Smith,  L.  W.  Xoyes, 

J.  II.  Johnson,  Charles  Catlin,  James  P.  Whedon, 

Fred  W.  Upham,  Abel  A.  Putnam,  F.  J.  Tucker. 

MEMBERSHIP    COMMITTEE. 

T.  G.  Corlett,  J.  H.  Johnson,  F.  O.  Kettering, 

II.  A.  Ritter,  R.  C.  Campbell. 

LIBRARY    COMMITTEE. 

James  McNally,  E.  F.  Delano,  E.  A.  Shepler, 

W.  G.  Bentley,  J.  M.  Strasburg, 

ART    COMMITTEE. 

William  F.  Zibell,  B.B.Morse,  Justis  Chancellor, 

Edwin  S.  Hartwell,  R.  E.  Archer,  George  Miller, 

W.  W.  Vernon,  A.  B.  Hush,  Zero  Marx. 

ATHLETIC   COMMITTEE. 

F.  J.  Lange,  W.  G.  Weil,  E.  L.  Canfield, 

I.  B.  Crissman,  A.  N.  Charles. 

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MARO.UETTE   CLUB   RESIDENT    MEUBKBS. 


Adams,  Elmer  H. 
Adams,  George  E. 
Adams,  H.  C. 
Ahern,  J.  H. 
Allen,   R.   A. 
Allerton,  Samuel  W. 
Anderson,  A.  E. 
Anderson,  C.  K. 
Ansell,  C.  F. 
Archer,  R.  E. 
Arney,  John  J. 
Arnold,  Harry  L. 
Arntzen,   B.  E. 
Ascher,  Martin 
Bacon,  Dr.  D.  C. 
Baker,  George  P. 
Baldwin,  R.  R. 
Bancroft,  E.  A. 
Barber,  Hiram 
Barbour,  J.  J. 
Bardwell,  H.  J. 
Barnes,  Dr.  Carl  L. 
Barrett,  E.  E. 
Baum,  Dr.  W.  L. 
Baur,  Jacob 
Beck,  Dr.  Carl 
Beckerman,  W.  H. 
Beebe,   W.  H. 
Beek,  G.  N. 
Beek,  Wm.  G. 
Beitler,  H.  C. 
Belfield,  Dr.  W.  T. 
Benson,  C.  L. 
Bentley,  Col.  W.  G. 
Bentz,  Richard  R. 
Bergerson,  C. 
Berriman,  M.  W. 
Bevington,  E.  L. 
Bigelow,  E.  A. 
Biggs,  E.  A. 
Birge,  W.  J. 
Bishop,  S.  H. 
Blachford,  C.  H. 
Black,  M.   C. 
Blake,  F.   K. 
Bodman,  A.  C. 
Boldenweck,  Wm. 
Boutell,  H.  S. 
Bower,   Robert  A. 
Boyle,  John  P. 
Brace,  Wm. 
Bradley,   Philip  B. 
Brayton,  Chas.  I. 
Bredt,  John  M. 
Brentano,  Judge  Theo. 
Breuer,  Adam 
Brooks,  J.  C. 
Brundage,  E.  J. 
Bull,  Arthur 
Burns,  P.  C. 
Burras,  Chas.  H. 
Bush,  W.  L. 
Busse,  F.  A. 


Butler,  Walter 
Campbell,  R.  C. 
Campbell,  James  B. 
Canfleld,  E.  L. 
Cannon,  T.  H. 
Carpenter,  L.  T. 
Carroll,  Dr.  J.  M. 
Catlin,  Chas. 
Chancellor,  Justus 
Channon,  H. 
Channon,  James  H. 
Charles,  A.   N. 
Chetlain,  Judge  A.  H. 
Chott,  Q.  J. 
Chytraus,  Judge  A. 
Clark,  George  M. 
Clark,  Richard  H. 
Clarke,  Dr.  W.  G. 
Coddington,  A.  O. 
Cody,  Hope  Reed 
Coe,  A.  L. 
Collins,  Alfred  C. 
Collins,  Chas.  H. 
Collins,  John  G. 
Colton,  S.  K. 
Combs,  H.  J. 
Comstock,  L.  K. 
Cook,  Jas.  A. 
Cook,   J.    L. 
Copeland,  Wm.  M. 
Corbin,  C.  Dana 
Corbin,  W.  S. 
Corlett,  Dr.  T.  G. 
Courier,  L.  M. 
Coyne,  F.  E. 
Crafts,  M.  B. 
Crissman,  Dr.  I.  B. 
Cross,  M.  J. 
Crow,  L.  W. 
Curtis,  John  H. 
Davenny,  W.  L. 
Davis,  H.  J. 
Davis,  M.  R. 
Dawes,  Chas.  G. 
DeCamp,  H.  C. 
Dellano,  E.  F. 
Denney,  Dr.  J.  A. 
Denslow,  M.  S. 
DeWeese,  T.  A. 
DeWitt,  Elden  C. 
Dick,  A.  B. 
Dickinson,  John  W. 
Dickinson,  W.  Wm. 
Dickson,  Samuel  M. 
Dobyns,  Fletcher 
Dolan,  John  J. 
Dorrance,  C.  J. 
Doughty,  C.  M. 
Douglas,  J.  H. 
Douglas,  Geo.  L. 
Drake,  Dr.  Homer  A. 
Draper,  L.  V. 
Dunham,  J.  S. 

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Dupee,  G.  W. 
Durand,  H.  Z. 
Durante,  Oscar 
Eastman,  Sidney  C. 
Elliott,  W.  S. 
Ely,  Dr.  C.  F. 
Englehard,  G.  P. 
Eschenburg,  H.  A. 
Fairbanks,  G.  O. 
Fellows,  Lee 
Field,  R.  I. 
Fishburn,  E.  H. 
Fishburn,  R.  E. 
Fisher,  Dr.  John 
Fisher,  T.  H. 
Flannery,  D.  F. 
Flannery,  J.  L. 
Fletcher,  Wm.  Meade 
Foell,  Chas.  M. 
Foley,  John  B. 
Foltz,  Fritz 
Foote,  Delavan  S. 
Forch,    Jno.    L. 
Ford,  Shelly  B. 
For sy the,  F.  W. 
Foss,  Geo.  Edmund 
Foster,   Sam 
Frankhauser,  E.  I. 
Frisbee,  Geo.  L. 
Frost,  A.  C. 
Fuller,   H.    M. 
Furst,  Edw.  A. 
Gansbergen,  F.  H. 
Gardiner,  H.  M. 
Geer,    Ira    I. 
Gelderman.W.  M. 
Gilbert,  Chas.  C. 
Giles,  Wm.  A. 
Going,  Judson  F. 
Good,  Dr.  Robert 
Goodman,    Leonard 
Gordon,  C.  U. 
Gordon,  John  L. 
Gormully,  R.  P. 
Gould,  Irving  L. 
Grant,  W.  A. 
Gray,  W.   H. 
Gregory,  M.  S. 
Groll,  P.  G. 
Gross,  Jacob 
Gross,  S.  E. 
Gross,  W.  H. 
Glasser,  Wendell 
Hagerty,  Thos.  A. 
Haight,  Dr.  Allen  T. 
Hall,  Dr.  Alfred  M. 
Halle,  E.  G. 
Hambleton,  C.  J. 
Hamburgher,  E.  C. 
Hamilton.  R.  A. 
Hamlin,  Frank 
Hamlin,  H.  J. 
Harlan,  Jno.  Maynard 


Harpel,  Chas.  J. 
Hart,  E.  O. 
Hartman,  E.  F.  L. 
Hartwell,  E.  S. 
Hasberg,  Jno.  W. 
Haynes,  T.  C. 
Hebel,  Oscar 
Hecht,    Ernst 
Heinemann,  Wm.  C. 
Helm,  S.  H. 
Hempstead,  Geo.  C. 
Henry,  Jno.  M. 
Herring,   Robt.  H. 
Heyman,  A.  H. 
Hey  wood,  E.  F.  Sr. 
Heywood,  E.  F.  Jr. 
Heywood,  J.  P. 
Hirschl,  Andrew  J. 
Hoffbauer,  Wm. 
Hoglund,  Chas.  H. 
Holdom,  Jesse 
Holstad,  S.  H. 
Horn,  Adie  B. 
Howard,   Robt.   T. 
Rowland,  H.  A. 
Hume,  J.  H. 
Humphrey,  Wirte 
Humphrey,  Arthur 
Hunter,  Percival 
Huntinghouser,  R.  G. 
Hush,  A.  B. 
Hynson,  Cromie 
Jacobs,  J.  Frank 
Jaffray,  R.  M. 
Jaques,  Frank  F. 
Jaques,  Wm.  W. 
Jenney,  Geo.  H. 
Johnson,  John  H. 
Johnson,  W.  F. 
Johnson,  W.  H. 
Johnson,  W.  H. 
Jones,  C.  A. 
Keator,  Theron  P. 
Kelley,  Thos.  H. 
Kemp,  Archibald 
Kendall,  E.   B. 
Kennedy,   John   W. 
Kerr,  Robert  G. 
Kershaw,  Dr.  Bert  H. 
Kettering,  F.  O. 
Kepler,  J.  W. 
Kimbark,  S.  D. 
King,  Dr.  C.  B. 
Knapp,  Kemper  K. 
Knauss,  Jno.  A. 
Kohlsaat,  H.  H. 
Koller,  Frank 
Lamson,  Wm.  A. 
Lange,  Fred  J. 
Lapham,  D.  A. 
Lapham,  Marshall 
Lauman,  Geo.  V. 
Leake,  Gen.  Jos.  B. 
Leffingwell,  W.  B. 


Leman,  Henry  W. 
Levis,  John  M. 
Lewis,  Oscar  A. 
Lewis,  Marion  G. 
Lieberthal,  Dr.  David 
Linebarger,  Paul  W. 
Loeb,  Jacob  W. 
Loesch,  F.  J. 
Love  joy,  G.  T. 
Lowden,  Frank  O. 
Lucas,  Rob.  J. 
Lunceford,  C.  D. 
Lundahl,  J. 
Mabie,  C.  E. 
Mahler,  Jacob  H. 
Mandeville,  Samuel 
Marks,  Henry 
Marshall,  Alex. 
Martin,  Dr.  Ross  N. 
Marx,  Fred  Z. 
Marx,  Zero,  M.  D. 
Mason,  W.  A. 
Massey,   Wilfred 
Mather,  A.  C. 
Mather,  R.   H. 
Matson,  C.  R. 
May,  Albert 
Mayer,  Col.  Sol. 
Mayer,  Simon     , 
McCormick,  A.  A. 
Mclntosh,  H.  M. 
McNally,  Frederick  G. 
McNally,  Jas. 
McNalty,  J.  H. 
McNaughton,  J. 
McNulta,  Gen.  Jno.  C. 
Miles,  Geo.  R. 
Millard,  S.  M. 
Miller,  Brice  A. 
Miller,  Frederick 
Miller,  Jno.  A. 
Miller,  Thos.  E. 
Miller,  A.  P. 
Miller,  G.  H. 
Mills,  W.   C. 
Mohr,  Louis 
Maloney,  Jas. 
Montgomery,  Hugh  W. 
Moore,  Arthur  L. 
Moore,  Jas.  S. 
Morey,  A.  G. 
Morgan,  G.  C.  Jr. 
Morse,  B.  B. 
Moulton,  D.  A. 
Muhlke,  Henry  C. 
Muhlke,  Jos. 
Munzer,  Hugo 
Mtmzer,  Rudolph 
Neely,  Judge  C.  G. 
Nelson,  W.  D. 
Newman,  E.  M. 
Noble,    Orlando 
Nollan,  Arthur 
Norcross,  F.  F. 


Noyes,  Le Verne  W. 
Nutt,  Dr.  W.  Frederic 
O'Brien,  Edward 
Olendorf,  C.  W. 
Olson,   Harry 
Olson,  N.  F. 
Olson,  0.  C.  S. 
O'Neill,  E.  E. 
Osgood,  E.  W. 
Oviatt,   F.   F. 
Pagin,   F.  S. 
Palmer,  A.  R. 
Parkins,  Horace  G. 
Parkinson,  R.  H. 
Patteson,  W. 
Pauling,  Edward   G. 
Pearson,  S.  M. 
Pease,  E.   H. 
Peck,  Gen.  Geo.  R. 
Pence,  A.  M. 
Peterson,  T.  J. 
Pettibone,   F.    B. 
Pettijohn,  Orson 
Phillips,  Abe 
Phillips,  J.  S. 
Phillips,  Samuel 
Porter,  C.  J. 
Porter,  H.  J. 
Potis,  Salvador 
Powers,  M.  J. 
Pratt,  Benj.  H. 
Proctor,  J.  L. 
Pulver,  A.  W. 
Putnam,  A.  A. 
Quincy,  C.  F. 
Quinn,   P.  J. 
Ransom,  Allan 
Rapp,  E.  G. 
Rathbone,  H.  R. 
Ray,  Beecher  B. 
Raymond,  S.  B. 
Redington,  W.  H. 
Reed,  N.  A. 
Reeves,  Irving  W. 
Remick,  A.  E. 
Rennacker,  W.  R. 
Revell,  Alex.  H. 
Revell,  David 
Rickards,   Geo.   E. 
Rieman,  Geo.  A. 
Riley,  C.   W. 
Ripley,  Chas.  H. 
Ritchie,  J.  W. 
Ritter,  Henry  A. 
Roberts,  D.  B. 
Roche,  J.   E. 
Rockwell,  Irvin  E. 
Rondthaler,  Rev.  J.  A. 
Rose,  F.  A. 
Rosenwald,  M.  R. 
Ross,  B.  M. 
Rotsted,  Wm. 
Rtimmler,  W.  R. 
Runnels,  John  S. 


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Sackett,  R.  E. 
Sandberg,   Geo.  N. 
Baylor,  H.  G. 
Schaeffer,  A.  J. 
Scheibner,  G.  P. 
Scherzer,  A.  H. 
Schifflin    Herman 
Schloss,  Lee  L. 
Schmitt,  Chas.  S. 
Schmitt,  Frank  P. 
Schmitt,  Frank  P.  Jr. 
Schmidt,  Jean 
Schmidt,  Wm. 
Schneider,  Dr.  S.  N. 
Schrader,  Otto 
Schneider,  Otto  C. 
Schoessling,  Paul 
Schroeder,  Oscar 
Schweitzer,  K.  J. 
Sears,  Judge  N.  C. 
Seeman,  E.  H. 
Sercomb,  A.  L. 
Sharkey,  James  L. 
Shepler,  E.  A. 
Sherlock,  Jas.  P. 
Sherwood,  W.  W. 
Shnable,  E.  R. 
Shoenberger,  G.  K. 
Shoenthaler,   F.  C. 
Singer,  J.  C. 
Smith,  Albert  Fletcher 
Smith,  Ben  M. 
Smith,  Dr.  M.   E. 
Smith,  Feno.  E. 
Smith,  Frederick  A. 
Smith,  Henry  T. 
Smith,  Kinney 
Smith,  Lloyd  J. 
Smith,  Philetus 
Smyser,  J.  H. 
Spruhan,  H.  J. 
Spaulding,  Stewart 
Spamer,   F. 
Speirs,  A.   E. 
Spootswood,  C.  C. 
Stanbery,  H.,  Jr. 
Stanford,  G.  W. 


Steele,  M.  A. 
Steele,  Percival 
Steven,  Jas.  A. 
Stevenson,   Alex.  F. 
Stevenson,   M.    J. 
Stevens,  P.  D. 
Stewart,  Graeme 
Steward,  Leroy  T. 
Stillwell,  James 
Stockham,  Wm. 
Stoelker,  W.  H. 
Storer,  C.  A. 
Stolz,  E.  H. 
Strasburg,  J.  M. 
Strong,  A.  W. 
Strong,  E.  B. 
Strong,  J.  H. 
Stroude,  C.  A. 
Stump,  H.  E. 
Sundell,  C.  F. 
Swannell,  Wm. 
Swift,  B.  H. 
Talcott,  W.  M. 
Taylor,  Edward  H. 
Taylor,  L.  D. 
Taylor,  S.  G. 
Taylor,    Thos.    Jr. 
Templeton,  P.  J. 
Terrill,  A,  S. 
Thompson,  B.  F.  C. 
Thompson,  W.  V. 
Thornton,  E.  L. 
Traub,  Adolph 
Thurber,  G.  S. 
Torgerson,  Lloyd  R. 
Tomaso,  S. 
Tompkins,  Geo.  H. 
Tosetti,  Otto  L. 
Tostevin,  C.  W. 
Tournier,  Chas.  V. 
Truax,  Chas. 
Tucker,  F.   J. 
Turner,  Jno.  W. 
Ulrich,  A.  L. 
Umbdenstock,  W.  M. 
Upham,  Fred  W. 
Upham,  R.  A. 


Vance,  H.  M. 
Van  Gilder,  W.  C. 
Vaux,  F.  T. 
Vernon,  W.  W. 
Vinnedge,  A.  R. 
Vinnedge,  M.  A. 
Vollner,  Herman 
Wagg,  H.  N. 
Waide,  W.  A. 
Waite,  Geo.  A. 
Waldron,  L.  K. 
Wallace,  Fred  H. 
Wallen,  C.  E. 
Walters,  A. 
Washburn,  W.  D. 
Weaver,  J.  V.  A. 
Webster,  E.  L. 
Weil,  Walter  G. 
Weimers,  W.  F. 
Welch,  C.  B. 
Wells,  Jamts  L. 
Wells,   W.   D. 
Whedon,  Jas.   P. 
White,  A.  L. 
Whitfleld,  Fred 
Wickersham,  H.  B. 
Wilbur,  R.  M. 
Wilk,    F.   L. 
Wilkinson,  D.  P. 
Willits,  Ward  W. 
Wilmanns,  August  C, 
Wing,  Horace  L. 
Wisler,  Bond 
Wisler,  Geo.  E. 
Wisler,  Henry  M. 
Wittstein,  A.  H. 
Wolff,  Oscar 
Woodbridge,  Jonathan 

E. 

Wood,  N.  E. 
Woods,  Geo.  H. 
Woodworth,  Dr.  P.  W. 
Worthy,  S.  W. 
Yates,   T.   D. 
Zibell,  William  F. 
Zillman,  C.  H. 


ASSOCIATE   MEMBERS. 


Abbott,  W.  T.,  Peoria,  111. 
Aiken,  E.  C.,  Joliet,  111. 
Aspinwall,  H.  T.,  Freeport,  111. 
Atkinson,  C.  A.,  Rock  Island,  111. 
Austin,  Wm.  B.,  Rensselaer,  Ind. 
Avery,  G.  W.,  Aurora,  111. 
Balch,  A.  C.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Ball,  W.  T.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Bangs,  Prof.  J.  E..  Pontiac,  111. 
Barclay,  A.  C.,  Elgin,  111. 
Barnes,  J.  B.,  Peoria,  111. 
Becroft,  J.  O.,  Dowagiac,  Mich. 
Bethea,  Solomon  H.,  Dixon,  111. 


Bigger,  L.  A.,  Hutchinson,  Kan. 
Bowe,  John  T.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Bullen,  W.  H.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Calhoun,  W.  J.,  Danville,  111. 
Campbell,  H.  E.,  Lake  View,  Gal. 
Catlin,  T.  D.,  Ottawa,  111. 
Clark,  Horace  S.,  Mattoon,  111. 
Copely,  J.  C.,  Aurora.  111. 
Cummings,  R.  F.,  Clifton,  111. 
Curtis,  Ed.  C.,  Grant  Park,  111. 
Donaldson,  R.  A.,  Rock  Island,  111. 
Dorrance,  F.  K.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Easton,  C.  B.,  Deerfield,  111. 


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Fort,  R.  B.,  Ldcon,  111. 
Fulton,  N.  E.,  Fairbury,  111. 
Gould,  E.  B.,  San  Diego,  Cal. 
Gurler,  H.  B.,  DeKalb,  111. 
Hamilton,      Isaac      Miller,      Cissna 

Park,  111. 
Hamilton,  Jno.   S.,  Jr.,   Hoopeston, 

111. 

Hendee,  Albert  L.,  Waukegan,  111. 
Heywood,  H.  B.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Hogan,  Daniel,  Mound  City,  111. 
Irwin,  W.  S.,  Peoria,  111. 
Jones,  C.  S.,  Peoria,  111. 
Kirkland,  E.  A.,  Kokomo,  Ind. 
Knight,  F.  C.(  Waukegan,  111. 
Lee,  Fred  E.,  Dowagiac,  Mich. 
Linderman,  B.  O.,  Whitehall,  Mich. 
Loose,  M.  E.,  Napoleon,  O. 
Lyons,  Geo.  R.,  Waukegan,  111. 
Martin,  F.  P.,  Watseka,  111. 
Mclnnes,  R.  W.,  Belvidere,  111. 
McLain,      John      S.,      Minneapolis, 

Minn. 

McWilliams,  Jno.,  Odell,  111. 
Montgomery,  E.  W.,  Galena,  111. 
Morgan,    Otho  H.,   Highland    Park, 

111. 

Munroe,  Geo.  H.,  Joliet,  111. 
Murphy,  John  C.,  Aurora,  111. 
Nixon,  E.  S.,  Clinton,  111. 
Northcott,  Hon.  W.  A.,  Greenville, 

111. 


Norton,  C.  S.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Powell,  Almet,  Gilman,  111. 
Ramsey,  F.  D.,  Morrison,  111. 
Rankin,  Geo.  C.,  Monmouth,  111. 
Raymond,   Judge   C.   W.,  Watseka, 

111. 

Rood,  H.  H.,  Chicago,  111. 
Salter,  Allan,  Lena,  111. 
Schivvers,  C.  S.,  Rock  Island,  111. 
Schmidt,    A.    F.,    New    York    City, 

N.  Y. 

Searle,  C.  J.,  Rock  Island,  111. 
Shankland,  B.  F.,  Fairbury,  111. 
Shryver,  M.  E.,  Polo,  111. 
Simpson,  T.  S.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
Smith,  E.  A.,  Morrison,  111. 
Smith,  F.  A.,  Itasca,  111. 
Smith,  Thos.  J.,  Champaign,  111. 
Starr,  Wm.  J.,  Eau  Claire,  Wis. 
Stearns,  A.  K.,  Waukegan,  111. 
Stevens,  John  S.,  Peoria,  111. 
Strong,  Henry,  Santa  Barbara,  Cal. 
Tracy,  W.  W.,  Chicago,  111. 
Torrence,  Geo.,  Pontiac,  111. 
Weiss,  W.  F.,  Waukegan,  111. 
White,  J.  W.,  Hanover,  111. 
Whitman,  F.  S.,  Belvidere,  111. 
Whitney,  Chas.,  Waukegan,  111. 
Windsor,  F.   E.,  Warren,  Pa. 
Yaggy,  Samuel,  Naperville,  111. 
Yetter,  John  P.,  Steward,  111. 
Young,  Tunis,  Cissna  Park,  111. 


HONORARY    MEMBKRS 


Aljrer,  Gen.  Russell,  Secretary  of 
War,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Allison,  Hon.  Wm.  B.,  U.  S.  Senate, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Bristol,  Hon.  F.  M.,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

Cullom,  Hon.  Shelby  M.,  U.  S.  Sen- 
ate, Washington,  D.  C. 

Estabrook,  Hon.  H.  D.,  Chicago,  111. 

Grant,  Col.  Fred  D.,  New  York  City. 

Harrison,  Hon.  Benjamin,  Indiana- 
polis, Ind. 


Horton,  Hon.  0.  H.,  Chicago,  111. 

Nixon,  Hon.  W.  P.,  Chicago,  111. 

Miller,  Hon.  Warner,  New  York 
City. 

Milsted,  Thomas  G.,  Esq.,  Chicago, 
111. 

Parkhurst,  Dr.  Chas.  H.,  New  York 
City. 

Roosevelt,  Hon.  Theodore,  Gover- 
nor of  New  York. 


LIFE    MKMHKKS. 


Adams,  George  E. 
Dunham,  J.  S. 
Gordon,  Chajles  U. 


Pauling,  Edward  G. 
Revell,  Alexander  H. 


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HISTORY      OF     THE     COOK     COUNTY     REPUBLICAN 
MARCHING  CLUB. 


HEADQUARTERS     GREAT      NORTHERN     HOTEL OFFICE 

ROOM  44-126  WASHINGTON  ST. 


The  Cook  County  Republican  Marching  Club  during  its  six 
years  of  existence  has  succeeded  in  excelling  all  other  organiza- 
tions of  its  kind,  not  alone  in  the  historic  state  of  Illinois,  but 
any  state  west  of  New  York. 

The  trip  which  the  club  made  while  still  in  its  infancy,  to  the 
memorable  national  convention  at  St.  Louis  in  1896,  was  its  first 
advent  in  national  politics.  The  fine  appearance  made  on  that 
occasion  by  such  a  grand  body  of  well  drilled  men,  caused  such 
wide  spread  praise  and  comment  that  it  was  heralded  broadcast 
by  correspondents  as  the  finest  organization  of  its  kind  that  ever 
visited  St.  Louis,  on  similar  occasions.  It  set  the  pace  for  the 
state  and  national  committee  by  holding  three  large  meetings  en 
route  to  St.  Louis  at  Decatur,  Taylorville  and  Litchfield,  a  lesson 
in  campaign  work  which  was  subsequently  adopted  by  both  the 
national  and  state  committees.  During  the  recent  campaign  it 
was  exceedingly  active,  appearing  in  the  monster  Sound  Money 
parade  Chicago  Day,  and  escorting  the  present  Governor,  John 
R.  Tanner,  during  his  campaign  to  De  Kalb,  where  it  was  ac- 
corded a  most  enthusiastic  reception,  and  its  members  were  the 
guests  of  Col.  Isaac  El  wood. 

The  inauguration  of  Governor  John  R.  Tanner  at  Springfield 
witnessed  the  first  appearance  in  years  of  a  Cook  County  Repub- 
lican organization  in  a  body  to  do  honor  to  the  incoming  chief 
magistrate.  The  appearance  of  the  Cook  County  Republican 
Marching  Club  on  the  streets  of  Springfield  was  the  signal  for 
long  and  loud  applause,  and  its  participation  in  the  inaugural  cere- 
monies was  a  source  of  pleasure  to  the  Governor,  and  the  citi- 
zens' committee  in  charge  expressed  their  extreme  gratification 
at  the  club's  appearance. 

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The  magnificent  pageant,  during  the  Peace  Jubilee  in  this  city 
in  October,  1898,  was  the  occasion  of  much  comment  on  account 
of  the  appearance  of  the  marching  club.  AVith  over  five  hundred 
men  in  line  in  full  uniform,  it  was  an  inspiration  to  Republicans, 
and  helped  materially,  with  subsequent  turnouts  of  the  club  dur- 
ing the  campaign,  to  bring  victory  to  the  party  at  the  polls  in 
November. 

The  club*  was  organized  at  the  Great  Northern  Hotel,  January 
19,  1894.  The  objects  of  which  are  to  maintain  a  well-drilled  body 
of  men  to  march  at  the  request  of  the  central  Republican  organiza- 
tion, and  to  act  as  an  escort  to  conventions,  and  to  prominent 
Republicans  who  visit  this  city,  as  well  as  participating  in  inaug- 
ural parades  of  the  state  and  nation. 

Any  Republican  possessing  the  necessary  qualifications  may 
become  an  active  member  of  the  club,  providing  he  is  a  resident 
of  Cook  County. 

The  club  is  entirely  free  from  factions  and  its  constitution 
prohibits  its  endorsing  anyone  for  elective  office  until  he  shall 
have  first  been  formally  nominated  by  a  regular  Republican  con- 
vention. 

The  club  in  its  short  career  has  made  for  itself  a  record  un- 
excelled by  any  similar  organization  in  the  history  of  Illinois 
politics.  The  annual  picnic  and  ball  which  the  club  gives,  has 
long  since  become  recognized  as  great  events  each  year.  The 
club  had  the  pleasure  of  escorting  President-elect  "NVilliam  Mc- 
Kinley,  Hon.  Thomas  B.  Reed,  Hon.  Shelby  M.  Cullom,  General 
Hastings,  of  Pennsylvania,  Col.  Evans,  of  Tennessee,  and  Sen- 
ator Mason. 

The  Cook  County  Republican  Marching  Club  extended  invita- 
tions to  other  Republican  organizations  to  join  in  with  them  in 
the  parade  on  fall  festival  day  Oct.  9,  1899.  The  club  on  that 
day  turned  out  fourteen  hundred  men  in  full  dress  uniform, 
among  whom  were  many  of  the  leading  Republicans  of  Cook 
County.  It  required  three  bands  of  music  to  supply  the  Cook 
County  Republican  long  line  of  marchers  on  that  occasion  with 
national  airs.  It  is  almost  needless  to  state  that  the  club  carried 
off  the  laurels  of  this  memorable  parade. 

The  officers  of  the  club  to  whom  belong  a  great  deal  of  credit 
are  as  follows :  E.  M.  Craig,  President;  F.  G.  Ewald,  Fred  A. 
Basse  and  George  Berz,  Vice-Presidents;  Capt.  W.  F.  Knoch,. 

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Marshall;  \T.  T.  Turner,  Secretary;  A.  AY.  Joice,  Financial 
Secretary;  E.  H.  Taylor,  Treasurer  and  R.  B.  Longstatf, 
Sergeant  at  arms.  Directors  are  Harry  G.  Hall,*  Chairman; 
Hemy  Spears,  Joseph  II.  Huhn,  J.  13.  Lagario,  John  Lude, 
Thomas  J.  McNichols,  E.  T.  Johnson,  H.  Schroeder,  S.  P.  Bran- 
nan,  E.  J.  McCarthy,  F.  A.  Brokoski,  W.  W.  Maxwell.  Henry 
G.  Schulte,  W.  F.  Knoch  and  Frank  Sack. 

The  club  has  a  membership  of  over  live   hundred  in  good 
standing,  whose  names  can  be  found  in  the  following  list : 


Ackerly,  A.  A. 
Andrews,  C.  W. 
Alg-ar,  Wm.  G. 
Alsip,  W.  II. 
Anthony,  Geo.  I). 
Arial,  Isaac. 
Anderson,  Alfred 
Arentz,  A.  C. 
Albrecht,  Geo. 
Arnold,  W.  P. 
Allen,  Geo.  Q. 
Baer,  Dr.  A.  W. 
Beck,  J.  P. 
Boggano,  J.  P. 
Brackett,  F.  C. 
Ball,  Christ. 
Booze,  W.  E. 
Bassi,  Jos. 
Bushfies,  F.  P. 
Bessick,  Geo.  II. 
Bossi,  Wm.  F. 
Brookman,  M. 
Bowman,  Wm.  H. 
Berkes,  G. 
Beil,  Jos. 
Bird,  S. 
Berry,  C.  S. 
Baldwin,  C,  W. 
Beach,  Wm. 
Barren,  Paul 
Basse,  F.  A. 
Birkenstadt,  S.  J  . 
Bertrand,  S. 
Berry,  D.  J. 
Brokoski,  F.  A. 
Bierbaun,  W.  J. 
Bozziano,  Hy. 
Bialk, E. 
Boeber,  A.  C. 


Bolls,  Jacob. 
Busse,  Wm. 
Browne,  T.  J. 
Bach,  A.  A. 
Baron,  A.  J. 
Berz,  Otto. 
Bellairs,  Jno. 
Berz,  Geo. 
Bolton,  Bert. 
Burke,  J.  H. 
Brabrook,  W.  T. 
Best,  Martin. 
Bollinger,  J.  A. 
Brooks,  L.  B. 
Bid  well,  Jos.  E. 
Barley,  James. 
Brannan,  S.  P. 
Brand,  W.  R. 
Brown,  Dr.  B. 
Bordreau,  F.  W. 
Bonherding,  A. 
Bougham,  A.  B. 
Bassett,  Dr.  Geo.  R. 
Blythe,  Thos. 
Braden,  Jos.  C. 
Bauer,  John. 
Craig,  E.  M. 
Colson,  R.  K. 
Cowan,  E.  J. 
Carney,  J.  H. 
Curtis,  C.  E. 
Cohrs,  D.  F. 
Connelly,  J.  J. 
Calder,  A.  J. 
Campbell,  J.  B. 
Campbell,  J.  Q. 
Cavanaugh,  J.  P. 
Conlon,  J.  B. 
Callaghan,  E.  J. 

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Chaffee,  F.  W. 
Cleveland,  W.  R. 
Coulter,  G.  W. 
Condon,  F. 
Currens,  Frank 
Cavanaugh,  Thos.  J. 
Cannon,  J.  C. 
Clettenberg,  15.  F. 
Cooke,  Wm.  J. 
Corcoran,  James  F. 
Cobb,  A.  M. 
Clark,  A.  E. 
Coffman,  G.  A. 
Christian,  F.  E. 
Corcoran,  E.  J. 
Chad  wick,  O.  L. 
Chochol,  Fred. 
Compondu,  L. 
Christiansen,  A.  C, 
Conway,  M.  J. 
Catlin,  Charles 
Cope,  I.C. 
Coon,  M.  J. 
Costello,  John. 
Carr,  A.  J. 
Chadwick,  H. 
Davonst,  G. 
Davis,  Thomas 
Doonan,  Wm. 
De  Thiers,  A. 
Davis,  J.  P. 
Delue,  Al. 
Dunne,  L.  A. 
Dreyfuss,  L. 
Dreifus,  E.  A. 
Davies,  W.  T. 
Dornbos,  S.  K. 
Davies,  S.  J. 
Dougal,  John 


Dennisori,  A.  A. 
Dwyer,  E.  J. 
Dun  worth,  M.  J. 
Bomber,  C.  E. 
Deal,  H.  M. 
Davids,  Wm.  J. 
Doolan,  John 
Dusenberry,  W.  P. 
Dost,  Jos. 
Ewald,  F.  G. 
Ernshaw,  Chas. 
Enricht,  Louis 
Eller,  Morris 
Eberelein,  Chas. 
Elbe,  Geo.  E. 
Erskine,  F.  D. 
Eisfeldt,  Wm. 
Eden,  W.  J. 
Fouke,  C.  C. 
Freud,  S.  B. 
Fuller,  L.  B. 
Fox,  August 
Fee,  F.  I. 
Fellbrick,  W.  F. 
Frederick,  F. 
Fosdick,  C.  M. 
Farwell,  H.  C. 
Forrest,  John 
Freeman,  T.  T. 
Farnsworth,  T.  D. 
Fullenweider,  J.  A. 
Franklin,  A.  E. 
Flint,  E.  M. 
Foerster,  J.  T. 
Findling,  Abe 
Free,  James  H. 
Fisher,  Chas. 
Fisher,  E.  E. 
French,  James  T. 
Freas,  F.  L. 
Foster,  Geo.  H. 
Fleming,  J.  A. 
Goodfriend,  A.  S. 
Gainty,  J.  F. 
Gleason,  F.  P. 
Guthrie,  Wm. 
Glover,  D.  F. 
Gunther,  F.  E. 
Gardner,  F.  V. 
Goble,  A.  H. 
Glenn,  W.  C. 
Goldman,  S. 


Garner,  F.  V. 
Gould,  R.  J. 
Goodman,  W.  E. 
Garrett,  M.  A. 
Grummett,  Geo. 
Glade,  Albert 
Goodwin,  Jno. 
Goebel,  Frank 
Gorinson,  Alfred 
Gillmeister,  J. 
Grass,  J.  E. 
Gilmore,  W.  H. 
Grady,  J.  P. 
Graves,  Chas.  H. 
Gurney,  C.  G. 
Goodman,  H. 
Horn,  A.  M. 
Hamberg,  J.  J. 
Hendricks,  W.  S. 
Heintzman,  M.  E. 
Huggins,  O.  L. 
Hans,  Edw. 
Handel,  H.  C. 
Hyde,  Chas. 
Holdbrook,  S.  L. 
Henderson,  J.  S. 
Hunnaford,  G.  S. 
Hall,  Harry  G. 
Hebel,  O.  VV. 
Henry,  W.  J. 
Huhn,  J.  H. 
Hanprich,  P. 
Hoff  bauer,  John  A. 
Hirsch,  Nate 
Harper,  C.  L. 
Herrick,  Chas.  H. 
Hayt,  Walter  V. 
Hamilton,  Harvey 
Hawkinson,  J.  S. 
Hoffman,  John 
Hills,  Lester  S. 
Hill,  L.  M. 
Hickman,  Chas. 
Hall,  Jos.  G. 
Hammond,  R.  W. 
Henes,  Chas. 
Hofhern,  Peter 
Hamber,  L.  E. 
House,  P.  D. 
Irwin,  Jas.  C. 
Immenhausen,  W. 
Junkin,  E.  A. 

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Jorges,  John 
Jones,  D.  W. 
Johnson,  E.  T. 
Jansen,  Chas." 
Johnson,  C.  C. 
Jones,  C'  J. 
Jensen,  James 
Jackson,  Chas.  H. 
Joice,  A.  W. 
Knight,  O.  B. 
King,  S.  W. 
Knoch,  W.  F. 
Kimball,  G. 
Kerr,  Geo. 
Kelly,  M.  E. 
Kush,  Adolph 
Keister,  Julius 
Kernel,  J.  F. 
Kleintzen,  J.  W. 
Kulp,  L.  Jr. 
Kelly,  Harry 
Kingsley,  Wm. 
Kehoe,  John  J. 
Korf,  John 
Kay,  W.  P. 
Keillander,  John 
Kilpatrick,  Wm. 
Kieten,  Chas. 
Kageman,  C.  F. 
Kelly,  John  M. 
Kindt,  W.  J. 
Le  Gros,  B.  C. 
Lude,  Jno. 
Longton,  W. 
Laramie,  F.  B. 
Longstaff,  R.  B. 
Levison,  A. 
Lee,  E.  E. 
Large,  A.  M. 
Loveday,  H.  W. 
Lester,  Max 
Lamonte,  O.  W. 
Lampert,  E.  E. 
Lundin,  F.  S. 
Lundis,  G.  W. 
Lagario,  Jno.  B. 
Latas.  Geo.  A. 
Lamson,  M.  W. 
Leitts,  Malcom 
Lyons,  John  M. 
Lemmon,  S.  W. 
Lundstrom,  E. 


Lammers,  J.  A. 
Law,  W.  H. 
Mcllvaine,  F.  B- 
McDonald,  H.  J. 
McNelly,  Sam 
McGillen,  John 
McDonald,  J.  C. 
McKenna,  W.  J. 
McNichols,  T   J. 
McCarthy,  E.  J. 
McEllig-ott,  J.  R. 
McMahon,  Chas. 
McDonough,  J.  E. 
McCartney,  J.  A. 
Mason,  Wm.  E. 
Murphy,  J.  D. 
Misenheimer,  H.  K. 
Murphy,  G.  J. 
Main  worm,  Wm. 
Maxwell,  W.  W, 
Miltimmore,  Guy 
Metzger,  A. 
Meyers,  F.  W. 
Mason,  Geo. 
Magner,  T.  J. 
Magerstadt,  F.  J. 
Miller,  Thos.  W. 
Maskell,  J.  W. 
Mahoney,  J.  J. 
Mamer,  Christopher 
Moan,  Frank 
McComb,  Wm. 
Murphy,  D.  F. 
McNichols,  H.  J. 
Morrison,  J.  J. 
Mattison,  Chas. 
Meyers,  H.  B. 
Miller,  A.  W. 
Mahon,  A.  G. 
Murphy,  M.  J. 
Montgomery,  J.  C. 
Mandioni,  J.  L. 
McAuliff,  Thos. 
McKenna,  W.  J. 
Merrill,  J.  W. 
McCarty,  C.  E. 
Meyerowitz,  Dr.  M. 
Mugler,  H. 
Nagel,  Chas. 
Nickerson,  D.  W. 
Neubauer,  F.  C. 
Nelson,  F.  W. 


Nichols,  H.  H. 
Nohren,  J.  E. 
Nicol,  James 
Northam,  E.  D. 
Nordorf,  F.  J. 
Nohe,  A.  W. 
Ostiuso,  O. 
O'Meara,  James 
Olson,  Ole 
O'Connell,  John  J. 
Oldam,  Harry 
Ost,  Frederick 
Oliu,  Oscar  C. 
Olson,  A.  J. 
Oppman,  O.  E. 
Olsen,  L.  E, 
Ormsbey,  Dr.  A.  W. 
Pasarella,  J. 
Phelps,  R.  C. 
Perry,  James 
Peck,  Z.  C. 
Pollock,  A. 
Porter,  C.  J. 
Pavlicek,  C.  B. 
Probst,  P.  W. 
Porter,  John  A. 
Pease,  Wm.  H. 
Patton,  H.  D. 
Puetz,  Christian 
Peters,  Chas.  W. 
Park,  O.  E. 
Pelkus,  H.  L. 
Petrie,  Michael 
Poltgether,  F.  H. 
Preston,  Edw. 
Porter,  Thos.  W. 
Probst,  C.  W. 
Porter,  F.  A. 
Preis,  Wm 
Pease,  James 
Quitman,  Dr.  E.  L. 
Reppetto,  L. 
Redeiski,  Haul 
Riley,  M.  J. 
Roberts,  O.  W. 
Rosenheim,  E. 
Righeimer,  J.  C. 
Reese,  Otto 
Richards,  J.  R. 
Rieger,  Samuel 
Richards,  H.  H. 
Racey,  E.  C. 

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Raymond,  S.  B. 
Reidy,  Garrett  J. 
Reynolds,  M. 
Reilly,  E.  S. 
Redieski,  Wm. 
Rooney,  Thos.  F. 
Reed, Isaac  J. 
Ryberg,  A.  J. 
Ruteshauser,  EmiL 
Rossu,  Daniel 
Rumzel,  R.  F. 
Reuse,  W.  C. 
Rennaker,  A.M. 
Rich,  James 
Shaw,  F.  C. 
Strassheim,  C. 
Strook,  Chas.  L. 
Smith,  F.  J. 
Salamon,  P. 
Schmitd,  John  J. 
Schocky,  M.  E. 
Swazey,   L.  M. 
Sprague,  T.  A. 
Stonier  T.  H. 
Smith,  John  J. 
Schroeder,  W.  E. 
Schumacher.  J. 
Spears,  Henry 
Stevens,  D.  O. 
Sherman,  G.  M. 
Shannon,  M.  F. 
Schulte,  H.  G. 
Seiter,  Geo.  B. 
Schmidt,  Fred 
Seebeck,  D. 
Stock  meyer,S. 
Stewart,  W.  T.. 
Stolte,  A.  F. 
Selig,  C.  R. 
Sanders,  II.  F. 
Schubert,  F.  E. 
Smith,  W.  A. 
Sheppard,  J.  A. 
Scott,  J.  A. 
Schroeder,  H. 
Smejkal,  J.  A. 
Sennott,  T.  W. 
Stewart,  R.  R. 
Sitts,  L.  D. 
Stewart,    G. 
Schwartz,  Henry 
Simon,  Robert  M. 


Schiller,  Aug. 
Sack,  Frank 
Sheridan,  James 
Sullivan,  Jos. 
Sullivan,  Win.  H. 
Sherman,  R.  E. 
Schaefer,  F.  H. 
Suter,  G.  B. 
Turner,  W.  T. 
Timke,  Al. 
Tuber,  Carl 
Taber,  J.  E. 
Taylor,  E.  H. 
Umbdenstock,  M. 
Ulitz,  U.  S. 
Vogelsang,  John 
Vreeland,  A. 
Van  Cleve,  J.  R.  B. 


Vallette,  E.  C. 
Vegino,  E. 
Voigt,  H. 

Vanderslice,  W.  J. 
Wheeler,  C.  D. 
Woods,  F.  M. 
Webber,  N.  J. 
Williams,  A.  F. 
Waldman,  S 
Wadsworth,  F.  A. 
Warder,  J.  B. 
Wagner,  John 
Walz,  Ed. 
Winheim,  R.  C. 
Wallen,  L.  W. 
Walton,  C.  G. 
Weisbrod,  John 
Wilson,  James  J. 


Watson,  A.  H. 
Wyman,  H.  W. 
Weinberg,  M. 
Ward,  Hugh 
Weaver,  B.  E. 
Woods,  Geo.  H. 
Wallis,  Wm.  H. 
Williams,  E.  J. 
Wilson,  Chas.  H. 
Wallin,  J.  G. 
Wright,  C.  T. 
Waldron,  Thos. 
Wainright,  Wrm. 
Wharton,  W. 
Warnecke,  C.  G. 
Wolf,  Max  L. 
Zimmerman,  M. 


JOHN  M.   SMYTH. 

CHAIRMAN       OF     THE       COOK       COUNTY     REPUBLICAN    CENTRAL 
COMMITTEE— WHO    AS     CAMPAIGN    MANAGER 
HAS    NEVER    KNOWN    DEFEAT. 


There  is  not  a  member  of  the  Republican  party  in  Cook 
County  around  whose  name  more  luster  is  entwined  than  that 
of  John  M.  Smyth,  the  man  who  as  campaign  manager  of  that 
grand  old  party  in  Cook  County  has  never  known  defeat. 

The  announcement  that  John  M.  Smyth  has  assumed  the 
leadership  in  a  campaign,  is  sufficient  to  enthuse  every  Repub- 
lican worker  in  Cook  County,  and  to  the  candidates  on  the 
ticket  it  seems  equivalent  to  success.  The  superior  ability 
which  Mr.  Smyth  possesses  in  this  respect  has  more  than  once 
resulted  in  snatching  victory  from  the  jaws  of  defeat. 

Mr.  Smyth  is  not  in  any  sense  of  the  word  a  politician.  He 
never  even  aspires  to  be  a  u  boss,"  and  yet  if  any  man  in  the 
Republican  party  in  Cook  County  has  Avon  that  right  he  is  the 
man.  In  politics  he  is  a  master  mind — the  quiet. man  who 
works —  and  the  one  to  whom  much  honor  and  credit  is  due  for 
the  success  of  the  Republican  party  in  Illinois. 

Mr.  Smyth's  mammoth  furniture  house  on  the  West  Side 
demands  so  much  of  his  attention,  as  also  his  various  other 
extensive  business  interests,  that  it  is  only  with  considerable 
reluctance  that  he  yields  to  the  repeated  calls  of  his  party  to 
manage  its  campaigns. 

Coincident  with  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  Chicago,  came 
the  prosperity  of  John  M.  Smyth,  and  his  name  has  long  since 
become  a  household  word  throughout  the  city. 

The  familiar  and  famous  "Town  Market"  of  John  M- 
Smyth  &  Co.,  is  a  grand  monument  to  his  fine  qualities  as 
member  of  the  commercial  world  of  a  great  city.  His  strictly 
honorable  business  methods,  and  his  kind  and  generous  treat- 
ment of  the  poor,  and  needy,  has  won  for  him  a  place  in  the 
hearts  of  the  people  of  Chicago  not  soon  to  be  forgotten. 

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But  there  were  other  demands  for  the  talents  of  a  man 
whose  broad  mind  and  successful  policies  have  done  so  much  for 
the  people.  He  was  sought  and  soon  recognized  as  a  wise  counsel 
and  possessor  of  rare  ability  as  an  organizer;  he  answered 
the  appeals  of  his  party,  and  in  many  stormy  and  hard  fought 
battles  led  his  columns  to  victory. 

Mr.  Smyth  is  not  in  politics  for  gain,  but  purely  for  party 
success.  He  never  sought  public  office,  but  the  office  has  often 
sought  him.  He  served  his  party  as  alderman  from  the  old  9th 
ward,  now  the  18th,  from  1878  to  1882,  where  he  made  a  record 
which  reflected  credit  on  himself  and  the  party  that  elected  him. 
It  was  shown  by  his  course  in  the  city  council  that  as  an  official, 
he  was  not  serving  his  party  alone,  but  the  best  interests  of  the 
whole  people  of  Chicago.  He  also  served  twice  as  presidential 
elector,  and  could  have  had  the  nomination  for  mayor  at  various 
times,  when  the  nomination  was  equivalent  to  election,  but  Mr. 
Smyth  preferred  to  remain  an  humble  citizen  looking  after  his 
immense  business  interests,  therefore  devoting  much  of  his  time 
to  the  comforts  and  happiness  of  his  wife  and  family  of  whom 
he  is  exceedingly  proud. 

John  M.  Smyth  was  born  on  the  ocean  near  the  banks  of 
New  Foundland,  July  6,  1843,  while  his  parents  were  on  their 
way  to  the  United  States  from  their  native  country  (Ireland); 
his  father  was  Michael  K.,  and  his  mother  was  Bridget  (Mc- 
Donnel)  Smyth.  The  family  first  settled  at  Quebec,  but  later 
removed  to  Montreal  in  which  city  they  lived  for  five  years. 
They  came  to  Chicago  in  1848,  and  settled  on  the  North  Side, 
here  John  M.  Smyth  spent  his  boyhood's  happy  days.  Michael 
K.  Smyth,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  sur- 
veyor, and  in  the  old  days  when  parts  of  Chicago  were  being 
mapped  out  by  the  trustees  Mr.  Michael  K.  Smyth  surveyed 
lands  for  that  noted  pioneer  and  real  estate  owner  William  B. 
Ogden,  the  first  mayor  of  Chicago.  Mr.  Smyth  was  at  one  time 
offered  what  was  known  as  the  Erie  Square  block  of  land 
between  Kinzie  and  Michigan,  Market  and  Franklin  streets.  He 
refused  to  accept  same  because  it  would  take  over  a  year's,  labor 
to  level  tho  high  bank  which  was  upon  it.  The  property  is  worth 
$500,000,  or  more,  to-day. 

Here  we  return  again  to  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  John  M. 
Smyth,  and  find  him  attending  tho  old  renowned  Kinzie  public 

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school,  where  he  received  a  good  sound  business  education. 
When  only  fifteen  years  of  age  he  started  to  learn  the  typo- 
graphic art,  in  the  composing  room  of  a  daily  newspaper,  which 
he  soon  gave  up  to  accept  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  counting 
room.  He  embarked  in  business  for  himself  in  1867,  and 
opened  a  furniture  store  at  92  West  Madison  St.  This  was 
the  start  of  the  business  which  has  since  grown  to  such  immense 
proportions,  and  has  made  the  name  of  its  proprietor  a  house- 
hold word  in  every  part  of  the  city.  To  accommodate  his  rapidly 
increasing  business  he  moved  his  establishment  in  1880,  to  its 
present  location  where  he  greatly  enlarged  and  extended  the 
operations  of  his  business.  This  immense  store  was  destroyed 
by  fire  in  April,  1891.  Mr.  Smyth  immediately  re-built  on  the 
same  site  completing  the  great  structure  and  occupying  same  by 
November  1st,  of  the  same  year.  This  is  considered  the  largest 
house-furnishing  establishment  in  the  United  States,  and  covers 
eleven  acres  of  floor  space,  which  is  known  as  the  famous 
"Town  Market"  of  John  M.  Smyth  &  Co. 

It  would  require  more  space  than  it  is  intended  this  book 
will  contain  to  do  justice  to  the  subject  of  this  sketch  in  his 
many  years  of  arduous  labors  in  upbuilding  this  mammoth 
furniture  house. 

Mr.  John  M.  Smyth  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League, 
Ashland,  and  Illinois  Clubs,  and  in  political  campaigns  his 
superior  judgment  and  wise  counsel  renders  him  almost  indis- 
pensable as  a  leader  of  the  ^Republican  party  in  Cook  County. 


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CONGRESSMAN   WILLIAM  LORIMER. 


THE  (JREAT  REPUBLICAN  LEADER  WHO  CONTROLS    HIS  TARTY 
AND    REDUCED    POLITICS    TO    A    SCIENCE. 


Consistent  in  public  life  with  his  career  as  a  private  citizen, 
Congressman  William  Lorimer  has  proven  his  claim  to  the  sup- 
port which  has  been  given  him  since  he  entered  the  political 
arena,  in  which  so  many  tombstones  mark  the  death  of  ambitious 
young  men. 

Success  in  political  life  means  more  than  the  attainment  of 
office.  It  means  more  than  the  gratification  of  a  desire  to  win 
laurels  so  greatly  coveted  by  a  competitor.  It  means  the  ap- 
plication of  the  principles  on  which  he  bases  his  claims  for  public 
confidence.  It  means  an  effort  to  assist  by  all  honorable  means 
those  -whom  he  represents,  in  all  their  claims  for  just  and  equal 
rights  as  guaranteed  by  the  constitution. 

Mr.  Lorimer  came  to  Chicago  in  his  boyhood,  and  when  he 
was  old  enough  to  begin  to  watch  his  own  interests,  put  his 
hands  to  the  paint  brush  and  afterwards  to  the  hard  task  of  a 
laborer  at  the  Armour  Packing  Company.  He  came  from  a 
good  Scotch  family,  and  was  born  in  England  in  1861. 

Mr.  Lorimer  worked  his  way  up  from  the  paint  shop  and 
the  packing  house  to  the  position  of  street  car  conductor.  By 
his  honesty,  his  persistence,  his  energy  and  his  unfaltering  am- 
bition he  went  forward.  He  made  many  friends  and  first 
showed  his  shrewdness  in  politics  when  he  nominated  and  elected 
John  A.  Cook  as  Alderman  from  the  Seventh  Ward,  and  did 
this  in  the  face  of  a  Democratic  majority  of  1,500  to  1,800. 
His  ability  as  a  political  adviser  then  became  prominent. 

He  afterwards  moved  to  the  Tenth  Ward  where  he  also  became 
a  political  leader  and  adviser,  and  he  has  to  his  credit  the  nomina- 
tion and  election  of  more  West  Town  Assessors  than  any  man  on 
the  West  Side. 

His  indomitable  will  and  energy,  however,    were  destined  to 

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achieve  still  greater  successes  for  him.  He  was  a  man  of  the 
people.  His  principles  were  to  distribute  the  greatest  good  to 
those  who  deserved  and  needed  help.  He  became  interested  in 
the  laboring  classes.  He  took  up  their  fights  and  their  strug- 
gles against  oppression.  He  espoused  the  eight  hour  labor  law. 

Could  a  man  like  this  fail  to  achieve  the  distinction  that  must 
inevitably  come  to  those  who  merit  it  ? 

He  received  the  nomination  and  was  elected  to  the  Fifty-fifth 
Congress.  His  services  reflected  more  credit  on  him  than  any 
other  young  member  of  Congress.  He  became  prominent  among 
the  nation's  lawmakers,  as  an  advocate  of  a  class  of  people  who 
needed  a  champion.  Labor  recognized  his  work  and  gave  him 
encouragement.  There  were  giants  against  him.  Corporation- 
and  trusts  stood  in  his  pathway,  but  undaunted  he  never  faltered 
and  won  in  his  great  fight  for  the  working  man. 

Mr.  Lorimer  was  returned  to  Congress  in  1896,  and  for  his 
services  to  his  constituents  and  to  the  Republican  party  and  to 
his  country,  he  was  again  nominated  and  elected  in  1898. 

Congressman  Lorimer,  was  the  originator  of  the  unequaled 
Republican  organization  which  exists  in  Cook  County  to-day  and 
which  is  complete  in  every  detail,  from  the  Republican  County 
Central  Committee  down  to  the  ward  and  precinct  organizations. 

Mr.  Lorimer,  was  Chairman  of  the  Cook  County  Republican 
Central  Committee  in  1895.  In  1892,  he  broke  the  unit  rule  at 
Minneapolis,  and  was  an  ardent  supporter  of  the  beloved  states- 
man, James  G.  Blaine.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  St.  Louis 
Convention  that  nominated  President  McKinley  in  1896,  and  in 
189T,  was  a  possibility  for  the  United  States  Senate. 

His  career  in  congress  has  proven  a  surprise  and  source  of 
gratification  to  his  many  friends  and  constituents.  Mr.  Lorimer 
is  recognized  at  Washington  as  the  most  able  and  influential 
man  that  ever  represented  Cook  County  in  Congress. 

Here  is  presented  a  unique  record,  and  behind  the  man  who 
has  achieved  the  distinction  which  has  fallen  on  Mr.  Lorimer, 
there  must  be  worth  and  merit;  such  honors  cannot  be  won  in 
any  other  way.  Not  only  this  but  there  is  a  future,  the  possi- 
bilities of  which  cannot  be  predicted,  for  a  man  who  in  his  thirty- 
seventh  year  has  gone  from  the  humbler  position  of  a  laborer  to 
that  of  a  representative  in  Congress  for  three  successive  terms, 
of  one  of  the  grandest  commonwealths  in  the  United  States. 

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HON.    CHARLES   S.   DENEEN. 


THE    FEARLESS     STATES     ATTORNEY     WHOSE     RECORD    IS 
UN  EQUALED. 


A  TERROR  TO  CRIMINALS. 

In  the  galaxy  of  political  stars  and  legal  lights,  in  the  state  of 
Illinois  there  is  not  a  name  around  which  clusters  more  promise 
and  prominence  than  that  of  Charles  S.  Deneen,  the  young  and 
brilliant  States  Attorney  of  Cook  County. 

There  are  few  young  men  in  the  West  who  are  better  equipped 
intellectually  than  Mr.  Deneen.  He  has  shown  more  fine  ability, 
genius  and  talent  in  the  office  of  States  Attorney  than  any  man 
who  has  ever  held  that  position.  His  intelligence  illuminates 
and  brightens  the  Records  of  Cook  County  courts  like  a  beacon 
light  on  a  dreary  and  foggy  shore. 

His  legal  ability  has  been  displayed  in  so  many  instances  that 
he  is  now  regarded  by  the  bench  and  the  bar  as  one  of  the  coming 
powers  in  the  profession,  and  in  the  political  world. 

Just  in  the  prime  of  life,  he  stands  before  a  bright  and 
promising  future.  He  has  only  passed  thirty-five  years,  but  in 
that  time  has  attained  a  fame  which  few  men  acquire  in  a  lifetime. 

Mr.  Deneen  has  long  been  a  power  in  politics.  Ho  was  a 
member  of  the  legislature  in  1893,  and  was  appointed  attorney 
for  the  sanitary  district  in  1895,  which  position  he  resigned  in 
1896  to  accept  the  higher  and  more  responsible  position  of  States 
Attorney  for  which  he  was  nominated  by  the  Cook  County  Re- 
publican convention  and  elected  by  a  tremendous  majority  over 
his  opponent.  Mr.  Deneen  has  since  discharged  the  enormous 
duties  of  that  office  with  distinction  and  credit  to  himself  and 
honor  to  the  Republican  party. 

The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  work  done  by  States 
Attorney  Charles  S.  Deneen  and  staff  during  the  year  1899: 
Number  of  cases  on  docket,  6,911.  Number  of  cases  disposed 
of,  4,278.  Total  number  of  convictions,  3,117.  Total  number 
of  acquittals,  219.  Defendants  found  not  guilty  by  the  court, 

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150.  Number  of  cases  nolled,  93.  Cases  nolled  by  request  of 
prosecuting  witnesses,  45.  Stricken  off  with  leave  to  reinstate 
defendants  being  convicted  in  other  cases,  447.  Stricken  off 
with  leave  to  reinstate,  207. 

The  record  as  shown  above  of  the  amount  of  business  done 
by  States  Attorney  Charles  S.  Deneen  and  his  assistants  during 
the  past  year,  by  far  excels  all  other  records  made  by  any  pre- 
vious states  attorney,  and  in  some  instances  we  find  it  has  more 
than  doubled  the  work  done  under  previous  administrations  in 
any  one  year. 

Xights  and  Sundays,  when  other  elective  officers  of  Cook 
County  are  enjoying  the  comforts  of  life,  Charles  S.  Deneen  can 
be  found  at  his  office,  buried  deep  into  legal  documents,  looking 
after  the  safety  and  welfare  of  the  people  of  Cook  County. 

Charles  S.  Deneen  is  the  son  of  Prof.  S.  H.  Deneen  who 
held  the  Chair  of  Latin  and  Ancient  History  in  McKendree 
College  at  Lebanon,  Ills.,  for  thirty  years.  The  son  grad- 
uated from  that  college  in  1882.  He  came  to  Chicago  in 
1885,  and  his  career  since  then  has  been  one  of  continued 
success  at  the  bar  and  in  the  political  field.  His  opinions  and 
advice  on  political  matters  are  considered  so  valuable  that  he 
is  always  consulted  by  his  party  leaders  in  all  campaigns. 

It  can  be  very  truthfully  said  of  Mr.  Deneen  that  he  has 
made  an  unequaled  record  as  States  Attorney;  the  very  men- 
tion of  his  name  alone  brings  terror  to  the  hearts  of  all  classes 
of  criminals  and  wrong  doers,  from  the  confidence  man  down 
to  the  murderer  and  hold-up  man,  and  even  the  jury  briber. 

Right  here,  in  connection  with  jury  bribing  investigations, 
exposure  and  prosecution,  Mr.  Deneen  has  rendered  to  the 
common  people  and  the  public  in  general  (corporations  excepted) 
the  most  valuable  services  ever  rendered  by  a  States  Attorney. 

The  jury  bribing  investigation  prosecuted  by  States  Attorney 
Deneen  has  made  it  possible  for  the  poor  to  obtain  justice  in 
the  courts  of  Cook  County,  as  well  as  the  rich. 

This  one  act  alone,  which  has  already  done  untold  good 
for  the  public  in  general,  has  endeared  Mr.  Deneen  to  the  hearts 
of  every  honest,  liberty-loving,  fair-minded,  just-thinking  citizen 
of  the  entire  state  of  Illinois. 

For  Mr.  Deneen,  we  predict  the  brightest  future  of  any  man 
of  his  ao-e  residing  within  the  limits  of  this  great  state. 


HON.  ROBERT  M.  SIMON. 


RECORDER  OF  DEEDS  OF  COOK  COUNTY,   WHOSE  OFFICIAL 

RECORD  HAS  BEEN  APPROVED 

BY  THE  PUBLIC. 


THE    MUCH     VALUED     SECRETARY    OF    THE 

REPUBLICAN  COUNTY  CENTRAL 

COMMITTEE. 


Hon.  Robert  M.  Simon,  the  present  recorder  of  deeds  of 
Cook  County,  who  was  elected  to  that  important  office  by  a  tre- 
mendous majority  in  1896,  has  given  more  universal  satisfaction 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  than  any  recorder  that  ever  preceded 
him. 

The  seal  of  public  approval  has  been  placed  upon  his  admin' 
istration  almost  from  the  day  he  took  the  oath  of  office. 

The  early  political  official  training  which  Mr.  Simon  received 
in  the  various  departments  of  Cook  County,  from  messenger  boy 
up  to  chief  clerk  to  the  county  clerk,  and  other  elective  offices 
which  he  held,  no  doubt  largely  tended  to  make  him  thoroughly 
competent  to  fill  any  elective  office  within  the  gift  of  Cook 
County,  outside  the  judicial  bench,  to  which  no  doubt  he  will  not 
aspire  as  he  is  not  a  law  student. 

Mr.  Simon  was  born  in  Chicago,  on  the  North  Side,  February 
17,  1866.  His  father  was  Simon  Simon,  and  his  mother  Anne 
Elizabeth  (Meyers)  Simon.  The  parents  of  Robert  M.  Simon, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  are  both  of  good  old  German  stock, 
and  came  to  Chicago  in  1847,  where  they  continued  to  reside, 
and  commanded  the  highest  respect  and  esteem  of  this  com- 
munity. 

Robert  M.  Simon  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Lake  View,  and  graduated  from  the  Lake  View  high 
school  in  the  class  of  1883.  After  leaving  school  Mr.  Simon 
obtained  a  position  as  messenger  boy  with  Sheriff  Hanchett,  and 

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from  this  humble  position  was  promoted  by  grade  on  his  ability 
through  nearly  all  the  departments  of  the  county  building  up  to 
that  of  chief  clerk  to  the  county  clerk,  which  position  he  held  up 
to  1896,  at  which  time  he  was  elected  recorder  of  Cook  County. 

In  1894  Mr.  -Robert  M.  Simon  was  elected  collector  of  Lake 
View  by  the  largest  plurality  ever  received  by  a  Republican  can- 
didate for  that  office.  In  1896  he  received  the  Republican 
nomination  for  recorder  of  deeds  of  Cook  County,  and  this  nom- 
ination was  largely  due  to  his  good  political  record  and  his  high 
standing  in  the  community,  and  when  the  ballots  were  counted 
it  was  discovered  that  no  mistake  was  made  by  placing  his  name 
on  the  ticket,  as  he  only  ran  a  few  thousand  votes  behind  McKin- 
ley  and. finished  fourth  from  the  top  in  that  memorable  election 
in  Cook  County. 

The  manner  in  which  he  has  ever  since  conducted  that 
important  office  has  met  with  the  approval  of  the  general  public, 
and  serves  as  a  source  of  gratification  to  his  friends  and  the 
Republican  party  in  general. 

From  the  earliest  history  of  the  human  family,  it  has  been 
the  ambition  of  mankind  to  acquire  land.  Once  acquired  and  a 
home  established,  the  true  man  will  naturally  fight  to  the  last 
to  protect  it.  Among  all  the  laws  of  this  or  any  other  civilized 
country  where  a  good  government  exists,  those  relating  to  matters 
of  realty  have  ever  been  the  most  carefully  provided,  and  the 
laws  in  regard  to  the  recording  of  papers,  which  affect  land  are 
the  most  important  in  the  statutes  for  the  reason  that  all  such 
instruments  must  be  recorded  to  make  them  legal. 

The  different  classes  of  instruments  this  department  has  to 
deal  with  embraces  bills  of  sale,  tax  deeds,  warrantee  deeds,  trust 
claim  deeds,  trust  deeds,  releases,  mortgages,  chattel  mortgages, 
charters  and  voluntary  assignments.  The  Recorder's  office  by 
reason  of  the  generally  accepted  value  of  realty  is  beyond  doubt 
the  most  important  department  in  Cook  County,  and  under  the 
present  Recorder  Mr.  R.  M.  Simon  is  the  most  complete  and 
ably  conducted  of  any  such  institution  in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Simon  is  secretary  of  the  Republican  County  Central 
Committee  and  a  valued  member  of  that  body.  The  grand  and 
almost  unequaled  Republican  organization  which  exists  through- 
out Cook  County  to-day  owes  much  of  its  success  and  existence 
to  Mr.  Robert  M.  Simon. 

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He  is  a  member  of  the  executive  committee,  and  but  few 
•members  of  that  body  labor  harder  to  accomplish  success  for  his 
party  during  campaigns  than  he  does. 

Mr.  Simon  is  a  man  of  unerring  judgment  and  a  citizen  whose 
social  radiance  has  never  been  darkened  by  the  cloud  of  condem- 
nation. He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Ravenswood  His- 
torical Society  and  Public  Library  and  has  been  identified  in 
similar  encouragement  of  other  worthy  public  enterprises. 

His  friends  have  reason  for  pardonable  pride  in  the  achieve- 
ments of  a  man  like  Robert  M.  Simon,  whose  personal  worth  is 
a  source  of  congratulation  to  the  Republican  party  in  particular 
and  the  tax  payers  of  Cook  County  in  general. 

Mr.  Simon  was  married  to  Miss  Nellie  Frances  Peperly,  who 
is  a  lady  of  high  culture.  They  reside  at  2561  N.  Ashland 
avenue. 


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HON.  JAMES  PEASE. 


FORMER    SHERIFF     OF     COOK     COUNTY WHO     RETIRED     FROM 

OFFICE,    RETAINING    HIS   POPULARITY    AND    POWER 
IN    THE    RANKS    OF    HIS    PARTY. 


Hon.  James  Pease  is  one  of  the  few  men  that  ever  retired 
from  the  office,  as  Sheriff  of  Cook  County,  with  the  highest 
respect  of  the  general  public,  who  can  still  be  referred  to  with 
pride  as  a  power  in  the  inner  political  circles  of  his  party. 

For  many  years  the  office  of  Sheriff  of  Cook  County  has 
been  referred  to  by  politicians  and  newspaper  men  as  a  political 
grave  yard. 

Probably  to  James  Pease,  more  than  any  other  man  that 
served  Cook  County  in  that  capacity,  belongs  the  credit  of  ele- 
vating the  office  of  sheriff  to  a  higher  political  and  business 
standard. 

While  tombstones  mark  the  political  graves  of  many  an  ex- 
sheriff  of  Cook  County,  yet  a  living  monument  is  being  erected 
to  the  memory  of  Ex-Sheriff  James  Pease,  who  has  been  for 
years,  and  is  to-day,  a  power  in  the  ranks  of  the  great  Repub- 
lican organization  of  Cook  County. 

Mr.  Pease  was  born  on  a  farm  at  Wilmot,  Kenosha  County, 
Wisconsin,  July  12,  1851.  His  father,  Anson  Pease,  who  origi. 
nally  came  from  New  York  State,  settled  in  Wisconsin  in  1835. 
He  was  a  highly  respected  citizen  of  Kenosha  County,  where  he 
served  as  member  of  the  school  board  of  that  township  for  a 
number  of  years. 

Mr.  James  Pease,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  left  home 
at  the  tender  age  of  ten  years,  which  was  shortly  after  the  death 
of  his  mother.  Arriving  in  Chicago  in  1865,  he  secured  employ- 
ment with  a  leading  wholesale  flour  house,  and  through  diligent 
perseverance  rose  to  the  position  of  bookkeeper,  which  position 
he  held  up  to  1871. 

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When  the  memorable  fire  broke  out  in  1871,  it  resulted  in 
double  disaster  to  Mr.  Pease  (namely),  the  destruction  of  his 
home,  as  well  as  the  devastation  of  the  flour  mills  where  he  was 
employed.  Consequently  the  great  fire  left  Mr.  Pease  both 
homeless  and  thrown  out  of  employment. 

Being  compelled  to  make  the  best  of  the  situation,  Mr. 
Pease  had  to  cast  aside  his  bookkeeper's  clothes  and  put  on  a 
pair  of  overalls,  and  during  the  re-building  of  Chicago,  obtained 
a  position  as  painter.  Being  endowed  with  the  indomitable 
determination  to  succeed,  he  soon  became  proprietor  of  a  large 
paint  shop  in  this  city,  which  business  he  continued  to  operate 
up  to  18T8. 

Mr.  Pease  was  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  Lake  View 
for  four  years,  and  assessor  of  said  town  for  nine  years.  He 
received  the  Republican  nomination  for  sheriff  in  1894,  and  was 
elected  by  a  tremendous  majority. 

During  his  administration  as  sheriff,  Mr.  Pease  gave  uni- 
versal satisfaction  to  the  public  in  general,  as  well  as  the  Repub- 
lican party,  which  tends  very  largely  to  his  popularity  in 
Republican  circles  to-day,  in  which  party  he  has  long  been  a 
power  not  alone  on  the  North  Side  where  he  resides,  but  through- 
out Cook  County. 

The  office  of  Sheriff  of  Cook  County  was  created  in  1831, 
and  James  Kenzie  was  the  first  Sheriff.  James  Forbes  succeeded 
him  in  1832.  He  was  succeeded  by  Silas  W.  Sherman,  in  1834, 
who  served  two  terms.  Then  came  Isaac  R.  Gavin  in  1838;  in- 
1840,  Ashbel  Steele;  in  1842,  Samuel  J.  Lowe;  in  1846  and 
1848,  Isaac  Cook;  in  1S50,  William  L.  Church;  in  1852,  Cyrus 
P.  Bradley;  in  1854,  James  Andrews,  who  (died  in  1855);  1855 
James  S.  Beach;  1856,  John  L.  Wilson;  1858,  John  Gray; 
1860,  A.  C.  Hessing;  1862,  David  Hammond;  1864,  J.  L.  Beve- 
ridge;  1870,  Ben  Cleaves;  1872,  J.  M.  Bradley;  1874,  Francis 
Agnew;  1876,  Charles  Keni;  1878,  John  Hoffman;  1880,  O.  L. 
Mann;  1882,  Seth  F.  Hanchett;  1886,  C.  R.  Matson;  1890, 
James  H.  Gilbert;  then  came  the  administration  of  James  Pease, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  served  from  1894  to  1898,  and 
was  succeeded  by  Sheriff  Magerstadt  in  1898. 

The  records  of  the  Sheriff's  office  show  that  during  all  these 
years  from  1831,  down  to  1894,  the  affairs  of  that  office  were 
never  so  efficiently  administered  in  every  detail  and  resulted  in 

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such  general  satisfaction  to  the  public,  as  they  were  under 
Sheriff  Pease. 

Mr.  Pease  resides  at  3212  Dover  Street  with  his  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Miss  Teresa  Houlihan,  a  lady  of  high  culture. 
Her  father  and  brother  gave  up  their  lives  in  defense  of  the 
stars  and  stripes  in  the  civil  war. 

The  grand  Republican  organization  of  Cook  County,  owes 
much  of  its  past  and  present  greatness  to  James  Pease. 


HON.  THOMAS  NEVIN  JAMIESON. 


REPUBLICAN    NATIONAL    AND   STATE    COMMITTEEMAN    WHO    HAS 
LONG  BEEN  A  POWER  IN  THE  POLITICS  OF  HIS  PARTY- 
CLERK     OF      THE    APPELLATE     COURT — FIRST 
DISTRICT. 


Thomas  Nevin  Jamieson,  Clerk  of  the  Appellate  Court,  First 
District,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Durham,  County  of  Gray,  Province 
of  Ontario,  Canada,  February  29,  1848,  of  Scotch  parents.  He 
received  a  good  education  in  the  famous  schools  of  Ontario,  and 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  he  Avas  apprenticed  to  a  druggist.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen  he  came  to  Chicago,  his  ambition  being  for  a  larger  field. 
In  1870  he  embarked  in  the  drug  business  on  his  own  account, 
and  ever  since  has  been  identified  with  the  drug  business  in  this 
city.  For  three  years  he  was  President  of  the  Retail  Drug  As- 
sociation of  Chicago,  and  for  five  years  was  President  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  Notwithstanding  the  prominence  he 
has  attained  in  politics  he  still  retains  his  drug  stores.  He  was 
City  Sealer  under  Mayor  Washburn,  and  later  was  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Service  of  Cook  County  for  two  years.  Dr. 
Jamieson  is  happily  married,  and  has  two  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters. 

Dr.  Jamieson  early  identified  himself  with  the  Republican 
party,  and  being  endowed  with  a  natural  genius  for  political 
organization  and  management,  he  soon  came  to  the  front  among  the 
political  leaders  of  that  organization,  and  his  skill,  sagacity  and 
good  judgment  soon  became  recognized.  He  was  Secretary  of 
the  Republican  State  Committee  during  the  campaign  of  1888 
when  ' '  Private  Joe  "  Fif er  was  elected  Governor  of  Illinois,  and 
was  the  principal  manager  of  the  campaign  which  made  James 
II.  Gilbert  Sheriff  of  Cook  County;  also  of  the  campaign  which 
resulted  in  the  election  of  Hempstead  Washburn,  as  Mayor  of 
Chicago.  During  the  "Washburn  administration  Dr.  Jamieson 
was  entrusted  with  the  distribution  of  the  offices,  and  exerted  an, 

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important  influence  on  the  general  policy  of  the  administration^ 
In  the  election  of  189-1  which  resulted  in  such  notable  triumph 
of  his  party,  Dr.  Jamieson  exerted  a  powerful  influence.  He 
was  Chairman  of  the  State  Committee  in  1896,  which  he  resigned 
to  accept  the  position  of  National  Republican  Committeeman  for 
Illinois.  In  this  capacity  he  was  frequently  called  into  counsel 
with  Chairman  Hanna,  of  the  National  Committee,  and  was  one 
of  the  most  prominent  figures  in  the  political  world  during  the 
fierce  battle  between  the  Republicans  and  Democrats. 

Mr.  Jamieson  was  nominated  by  the  Republicans  for  Clerk 
of  the  Appellate  Court,  First  District,  and  after  a  splendid  cam- 
paign was  elected  by  a  tremendous  majority.  He  received  218,- 
853  votes  to  153,272  for  Thomas  G.  McElligott,  fusion,  his 
opponent. 

It  is  generally  admitted  that  Dr.  Jamieson  possesess  a  master 
mind  in  the  science  of  politics.  He  has  been  modest  in  seeking 
office  for  himself,  but  has  bestowed  political  honors  with  a  liberal 
hand  upon  others. 

The  creation  of  the  present  powerful  Republican  organization 
of  Cook  County  to-day  is  largely  a  part  of  his  work. 

The  personality  of  Mr.  Jamieson  is  that  of  a  modern  Chester- 
field— a  pleasing  compound  of  polished  manners  and  honest  business 
methods,  tempered  with  a  remarkable  strength  in  executive  abil- 
ity, and  a  keen,  prophetic  eye  quick  to  catch  the  shadows  of 
coming  events.  It  is  the  character  that  impresses  men  with 
favor,  a  parallel  of  the  characteristics  which  kept  James  G. 
Blaine  in  such  close  touch  with  the  American  multitudes. 

Mr.  Jamieson  is  true  to  his  political  friends  and  not  over 
hateful  to  his  enemies,  flis  word  is  his  bond,  and  it  is  probably 
this  one  thing  more  than  anything  else  that  has  endeared  him  to 
the  hearts  of  the  Republican  workers  of  Cook  County. 


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UNITED  STATES  SENATOR  SHELBY  M.   CULLOM. 


THE  GRAND  OLD  MAN  OF    THE  REPUBLICAN  PARTY BETTER   KNOWN 

AS  THE    PRESENT  DAY    ABE.    LINCOLN  OF    ILLINOIS. 


The  fathers'  of  the  Republican  party  have  been  aligned  by 
political  historians  with  the  history  of  Illinois.  From  the  prairies 
of  the  "Land  of  Illini*'  came  the  men  who  gave  to  the  land 
between  the  seas  the  parity  of  freedom  to  all  men.  These  were 
Lincoln,  Trumbull,  Cullom,  Washburne,  Grant  and  Logan, 
and  a  host  of  their  comrades  in  political  arms  who  gave 
to  the  nation  that  great  motto,  ' '  No  nation  can  exist  half  slave 
and  half  free."  When  the  turbulent  waves  of  national  conscience 
cast  upon  the  Western  prairies  such  men  as  Lincoln  and  Cullom 
there  came  with  them  the  salvage  of  shipwrecked  national  honor. 
They  took  that  salvage  and  from  it  constituted  a  free  republic. 
Lincoln  died  as  a  martyr  to  the  faith  and  Cullom  became  the 
Peter  of  the  Church  of  Liberty  founded  by  the  great  commoner, 
Abraham  Lincoln.  Like  Lincoln,  he  was  a  son  of  the  people, 
by  the  people  arid  for  the  people,  and  in  that  God-given  creed  he 
remains  to-day,  when  even  newer  members  would  strike  down  the 
faith  of  the  fathers.  In  Shelby  Moore  Cullom  is  left  the  inspira- 
tion and  the  Western  spartanism  that  made  of  Lincoln's  epoch  a 
national  Illiad.  Cullom  was,  in  that  time  of  evolution  of  Amer- 
ican conscience,  comrade  and  adviser  of  that  man  who  sits  to-day 
upon  the  people's  throne  of  thrones — the  people's  Lincoln.  And 
Senator  Cullom  holds  his  tenure  in  the  hearts  of  the  American 
people,  as  well  as  in  the  hearts  of  the  people  of  Illinois,  not  only 
on  account  of  his  inherent  integrity  as  a  citizen  and  servant  of 
his  people,  but  because  he  stood  by  those  who  fought  the  bat- 
tles of  the  liberty  loving  people  of  America  in  the  times  which 
tried  men's  souls. 

And  out  of  all  this  storm  of  struggle  and  fame  of  success, 
Shelby  M.  Cullom  has  come  like  one  untouched  by  flame  and  un- 
contaminated  by  the  spoils  of  victory.  Through  all  the  years  of 

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service  to  his  state  and  people,  scandal  has  passed  him  by  and 
wealth  has  turned  its  favor  from  his  door.  Like  Lincoln,  plain 
in  features  and  in  speech,  Senator  Cullom  belongs  at  the  fireside 
of  American  commoners,  and  there  he  sits  beyond  the  pale  of 
political  rancor  or  partisan  criticism.  That  he  looks  like  Abra- 
ham Lincoln  and  talks  like  the  first  people's  President  is  not  a 
matter  of  wonder  or  a  text  for  criticism.  The  channels  of  the 
lives  of  Lincoln  and  of  Cullom  ran  in  strange  similar  grooves. 
They  came  from  that  old  stock  which  first  found  abiding  place 
in  the  land  discovered  and  won  in  blood  and  faith  of  Boone.  Then 
they  came  to  the  ''  Land  of  Illini"  to  cover  a  greater  domain  for 
the  habitation  of  freemen.  And  then  when  Lincoln  laid  down 
his  life  for  that  which  to-day  has  become  the  apotheosis  of  liberty 
Cullom  became  the  apostle  of  the  gospel  of  liberty. 

Xo  wonder  he  looks  like  Lincoln  and  thinks  like  Lincoln  and 
talks  as  Lincoln  did  when  in  plain  but  incandescent  words  he  told 
the  world  that  the  government  of  men  must  rest  upon  the  people, 
be  inspired  by  the  people  and  run  in  the  interests  of  the  people. 

Of  Shelby  Moore  Cullom,  there  can  be  little  written  of  what 
his  merits  deserve  in  these  brief  pages  beyond  the  chronology  of 
his  life  and  public  services,  and  these  are  part  and  parcel  of  the 
history  of  the  state  and  federal  republic.  He  was  born  Novem- 
ber 22,  1829,  in  Monticello,  Wayne  County,  Kentucky.  His 
father,  Richard  Northcroft  Cullom,  and  his  mother,  Elizabeth 
Coffey  Cullom,  removed  to  Illinois  the  following  year,  and  set- 
tled in  Tazewell  County.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  but  took  an 
earnest  interest  in  the  issues  of  the  day  and  twice  represented 
the  Whig  party  in  the  General  Assembly.  The  son  was  a  typical 
farmer  boy  and  developed  magnificent  traits  of  mind  and  body 
in  the  school  of  industry  and  early  Illinois  environments. 

In  1853  he  entered  the  office  of  Stuart  &  Edwards  at  Spring- 
field and  began  the  study  of  law.  Here  it  was  he  first  met 
Abraham  Lincoln  and  became  impressed  with  those  cardinal 
principles  of  American  politics  which  in  after  years  formed  the 
crucial  test  of  the  integrity  of  the  republic. 

The  advancement  of  the  young  lawyer,  Cullom,  can  best  be 
told  in  brief  form.  In  1855  he  was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar 
and  in  1855  he  was  elected  City  Attorney  of  Springfield,  at  a 
time  when  the  bar  of  that  city  numbered  such  men  as  Abraham 
Lincoln,  Stephen  T.  Logan,  Benjamin  S.  Edwards,  James  C. 

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Conkling,  John  A.  McClernand,  John  T.  Stuart  and  others.  With 
these  men  he  held  his  own  place,  and  in  1856  he  was  elected  to 
the  lower  house  of  the  Illinois  General  Assembly,  by  the  new 
Republican  party,  of  which  organization  with  Lincoln  and  others 
he  had  become  a  part-founder  and  member  coming  at  the  same 
time  into  the  undying  friendship  of  Joseph  Medill,  the  editor  of 
the  Chicago  Tribune,  who  held  both  Lincoln  and  Cullom  in 
especial  favor.  At  this  time  Mr.  Cullom  was  one  of  Mr.  Lin- 
coln's strongest  supporters  for  the  United  States  Senatorship  in 
1858,  Mr.  Lincoln's  opponent  being  Stephen  A.  Douglas.  In 
1860  Mr.  Cullom  was  re-elected  to  the  legislature  by  a  majority 
of  62  votes,  although  Sangamon  County  gave  Douglas  a  ma- 
jority for  President.  The  legislature  being  in  control  of  the 
Republicans  elected  Mr.  Cullom  speaker.  He  was  the  youngest 
man  upon  whom  the  honor  had  ever  been  conferred,  yet  he  ac- 
quitted himself  with  such  dignity  that  higher  honors  awaited 
him.  In  1862  he  was  appointed  by  President  Lincoln  a  com- 
missioner to  pass  upon  army  accounts.  His  associates  on  the 
board  were  Governor  Boutwell,  of  Massachusetts,  and  Charles 
A.  Dana,  of  New  York,  and  in  this  position  he  performed  most 
valuable  service  to  the  government.  In  1864  Mr.  Cullom  was 
nominated  and  elected  to  Congress;  receiving  1,785  majority  in 
a  district  hitherto  Democratic  by  an  overwhelming  number.  During 
his  first  session  he  took  a  prominent  part  in  congressional  debates 
and  introduced  the  first  bill  intended  to  abolish  polygamy  in 
Utah.  He  was  re-elected  in  1866  and  again  in  1868.  In  1870 
he  was  defeated  for  re-nomination,  as  a  result  of  which  the  Re- 
publicans lost  the  district.  In  1872  Mr.  Cullom  was  again  re- 
turned to  the  legislature  and  once  more  elected  speaker.  In 
1874  he  was  again  re-elected,  although  the  opposition  prevented 
his  re-election  as  speaker. 

Then  came  a  demand  for  a  man  for  Governor  and  Shelby  M. 
Cullom  was  chosen  as  the  Republican  leader  on  the  State  ticket 
in  1876.  He  was  elected  by  an  overwhelming  majority  and  was 
inaugurated  in  January,  1877.  Such  was  his  wise  and  economical 
administration  of  state  affairs  that  in  1880  he  was  re-nominated 
without  opposition  and  re-elected,  Mr.  Cullom  being  the  only 
living  man  to  succeed  himself  as  Governor  of  Illinois,  although 
two  attempts  have  since  been  made  by  incumbents  of  that  office 
without  avail.  Governor  Cullom's  popularity  was  such,  how- 

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ever,  that  in  1883,  when  the  term  of  United  States  Senator  David 
Davis  expired,  Governor  Cullom  was  elected  to  succeed  him, 
Lieutenant-Governor  Hamilton  filling  out  the  unexpired  guberna- 
torial term.  Senator  Cullom  was  re-elected  in  1889  and  again 
in  1895,  while  so  far  not  a  single  note  of  opposition  is  heard  against 
his  return  to  the  same  honored  position  in  1901. 

During  the  sixteen  years  of  Senator  Cullom's  official  services 
in  the  upper  house  of  Congress  his  acts  have  become  prominent 
chapters  in  the  history  of  American  legislation.  The  interstate 
commerce  law  is  the  result  of  Senator  Cullom's  untiring  champion- 
ship of  that  measure  which  forms  the  most  important  feature  of 
federal  legislation  upon  matters  relating  to  internal  transporta- 
tion and  to  which  his  name  is  indissolubly  linked. 

When  the  Hawaii  Islands  became  a  part  of  the  American 
republic  by  treaty,  Senator  Cullom  was  appointed  chairman  of  a 
commission  to  investigate  the  conditions  in  the  new  acquisitions 
and  draft  a  code  for  their  government.  He  spent  several  months 
in  the  islands  and  has  now  pending  a  bill  in  Congress  for  their 
government.  His  labors  in  behalf  of  Illinois  are  better  written 
in  the  history  of  the  state.  That  history  can  best  be  written 
after  he  has  joined  the  silent  old  guard,  and  there  is  universal 
hope  that  the  day  may  be  long  deferred. 

Eight  years  in  the  legislature,  in  four  of  which  he  served  as 
speaker;  six  years  in  the  lower  house  of  Congress;  six  years  as 
Governor  and  seventeen  years  as  United  States  Senator,  Shelby 
M.  Cullom  is  easily  first  in  the  hearts  of  his  fellow-citizens. 


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HON.  WILLIAM  E.  MASON. 


THE    FEARLESS,   ABLE,   LIBERTY-LOVING    UNITED  STATES    SENATOR- 
AN    ENTHUSIASTIC  ADVOCATE  OF    SOUND 
REPUBLICAN    PRINCIPLES. 


CHAIRMAN    OF    THE    NATIONAL    PURE    FOOD    INVESTIGATING 
COMMITTEE. 


Hon.  William  E.  Mason,  was  elected  to  the  high  office  as 
United  States  Senator  in  1887,  the  contest  being  the  hottest 
ever  known  to  have  taken  place  at  Springfield. 

Mr.  Mason  was  born  in  the  village  of  Franklinville,  Catta- 
raugus  county,  New  York,  on  the  7th  of  July,  1850.  His 
parents  were  Lewis  J.  and  Nancy  (Winslow)  Mason.  His 
father,  at  the  time  of  William's  birth,  was  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business. 

In  1858  the  family  moved  to  Bentonsport,  la.,  and  lived  there 
until  the  death  of  the  father  in  1865.  Here  the  boyhood  happy 
days  of  William  E.  Mason  were  spent,  and  here  the  brilliant 
statesman's  ideas  first  developed.  When  his  father  died  William 
was  then  only  fifteen  years  of  age,  and  was  practically  thrown 
upon  his  own  resources  to  battle  with  the  world.  He  had  re- 
ceived the  rudiments  of  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Franklinville,  and  later  at  Bentonsport.  He  had  also  studied 
two  years  at  Birmingham  College,  and  was  making  fair  progress 
in  the  way  of  a  liberal  education  when  called  upon  to  make  his 
own  way  in  the  world. 

This  shouldering  of  responsibilities  of  life  soon  developed  in 
the  boy  a  self-reliance  and  strength  of  purpose  which  have  been 
distinguished  characteristics  of  the  man.  He  began  life  by 
teaching  school  and  developed  himself  alternately  by  teaching 
and  studying  until  1868.  During  the  next  two  years  he  taught 
in  the  public  schools  of  Des  Moines,  la.  He  then  began  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  the  late  Hon.  Thos.  F.  Wethrow, 
who  was  soon  after  appointed  general  solicitor  of  the  Chicago, 

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Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railway  Company  and  moved  to  Chicago. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  accompanied  him  and  remained  in  his 
office  one  year,  and  then  became  a  student  in  the  office  of  John 
N.  Jewett,  where  he  finished  his  preparation  for  admission  to  the 
bar.  For  several  years  he  remained  in  the  office  of  his  distin- 
guished preceptor,  leaving  only  to  form  a  partnership  with  Judge 
M.  R.  M.  Wallace  in  1877. 

He  soon  became  known  as  a  good  lawyer  and  safe  counsellor, 
and  especially  as  an  able  and  eloquent  advocate. 

Upon  separating  from  Judge  Wallace  he  became  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Mason  &  Ennis,  with  which  he  is  still 
identified. 

Mr.  Mason  has  always  been  a  staunch  Republican,  and  as  his 
record  will  show,  an  enthusiastic  and  effective  worker  in  the 
interest  of  his  party.  He  was  elected  member  of  the  Illinois 
Legislature  before  he  became  thirty  years  of  age,  and  in  1882 
was  elected  State  Senator.  In  both  he  was  conspicuous  for  his 
ability,  his  devotion  to  the  interests  of  constituency,  his  good 
judgment  in  consideration  of  proposed  legislation,  and  attention 
to  business  at  all  times  soon  won  favor  for  him  in  the  ranks  of 
his  party. 

In  1888  he  was  selected  by  the  Republicans,  chiefly  on  account 
of  his  ability,  to  make  the  race  for  Congress  in  the  Third  dis- 
trict, and  although  the  district  was  a  Democratic  stronghold,  Mr. 
Mason  was  elected  by  a  handsome  majority.  Mr.  Mason  repre- 
sented the  Third  district  in  Congress  for  two  terms,  and  through 
his  untiring  efforts  many  improvements  for  the  old  Chicago  post- 
office,  as  well  as  the  river  and  harbor  improvements,  were  passed. 
His  record  in  Congress  can  be  pointed  to  with  pride,  both  by 
himself  and  the  Republican  party. 

Mr.  Mason  was  engaged  as  general  counsel  for  the  Illinois 
Central  during  the  years  of  the  memorable  lake  front  litigation, 
and  it  was  through  his  efforts  that  the  matter  was  at  last  straight- 
ened out  and  the  city  became  owner  of  the  lake  front  park. 

Early  in  1897  William  E.  Mason  entered  the  campaign  for 
United  States  Senator,  which  was  one  of  the  hardest  contested 
campaigns  ever  conducted  at  Springfield,  and  it  may  be  said  that 
he  won  a  great  victory  over  his  competitors,  whose  powerful 
influence  Mr.  Mason  overcome,  though  the  odds  were  largely 


against  him. 


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Upon  entering  on  his  duties  as  United  States  Senator  Mr. 
Mason  became  an  enthusiastic  advocate  of  the  freedom  of  Cuba. 
The  Cubans,  as  well  as  all  American  lovers  of  liberty,  fully 
appreciate  the  untiring  efforts  of  Mr.  Mason  in  this  direction. 

The  valuable  services  rendered  by  him  as  chairman  of  the 
pure  food  investigating  committee  of  the  United  States  Senate 
has  attracted  the  attention  of  all  classes  throughout  this  broad 
land.  Mr.  Mason  sincerely  hopes  to  secure  the  passage  of  a 
national  pure  food  law  upon  his  report  to  the  Senate  on  his 
return  to  Washington. 

This  will  undoubtedly  become  the  most  popular  bill  ever 
introduced  at  Washington,  as  it  affects  the  stomach  of  every 
individual  in  the  United  States. 

Among  the  representative  men  of  Chicago  whose  position  is 
due  solely  to  their  own  efforts  none  deserves  more  honorable 
mention  than  United  States  Senator  William  E.  Mason. 

In  1873  Mr.  Mason  was  married  to  Miss  Edith  Julia  White, 
ox  Des  Moines,  la.,  and  they  have  a  happy  and  very  interesting 
family. 


HON.  ZINA    R.  CARTER. 
Who  was  the  Republican  Mayoral  Standard  Bearer  in  1899. 


HON.   ZINA  R.  CARTER. 


THE    GRAND  REPUBLICAN   STANDARD  BEARER    IN  THE  MAYORAL, 

CONTEST    OF     1899 HIS    PUBLIC    AND     PRIVATE 

RECORD    DEFIED      THE     CONCENTRATED 
BATTERIES    OF    OPPOSITION. 


HE    CONDUCTED    AN    UNEQUALED    CAMPAIGN    IN    THE 
HISTORY    OF    CHICAGO. 


Hon.  Zina  R.  Carter  who  was  unanimously  chosen  as  Repub- 
lican standard  bearer  in  the  Mayoral  contest  in  the  spring  of 
1899,  is  one  of  the  most  thoroughly  honorable  clean  cut  men  in 
the  city  of  Chicago,  and  although  he  suffered  defeat  which  is  a 
sad  misfortune  to  the  tax  payers  and  citizens  of  Chicago  in 
general,  yet  the  very  worst  that  can  be  said  of  him  is  that  he 
was  a  victim  of  cruel  circumstances.  For  it  is  a  well-known 
fact  that  his  public  and  private  records  defied  the  concentrated 
batteries  of  the  opposition,  as  well  as  the  almost  unanimous 
press  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Zina  R.  Carter  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Jefferson  County, 
New  York,  some  fifty-two  years  ago.  His  father  died  when  he 
was  only  nine  years  of  ago,  leaving  a  widow  and  four  children 
of  whom  Zina  R.  was  the  eldest;  at  a  very  tender  age  he  worked 
on  the  farm  during  the  summer  months,  and  attended  the  dis- 
trict school  during  the  winter  months. 

Mr.  Carter  was  so  inspired  by  patriotism  while  still  under 
age,  that  he  enlisted  in  the  army  during  the  civil  war.  His 
mother  appealed  to  the  officers  to  refuse  the  enlistment  on  the 
grounds  that  he  was  much  under  the  required  age,  which  was 
done  after  considerable  persuasion.  Zina  R.  Carter  accompanied 
his  mother  back  to  the  farm,  which  he  continued  to  cultivate 
up  to  the  spring  of  1864,  at  which  time  he  hired  out  as  a  sailor 
and  served  before  the  mast  on  a  sailing  vessel  on  the  lakes.  At 


the  close  of  that  season  he  visited  Illinois,  and  being  enchanted 
by  the  possibilities  of  the  fertile  prairie  soil,  he  .at  once 
returned  to  New  York  and  persuaded  the  rest  of  the  family  to 
move  with  him  to  this  state. 

The  family  settled  on  a  farm  in  Dupage  County,  and  for 
several  years  Mr.  Z.  R.  Carter  labored  hard  cultivating  said 
farm. 

Being  convinced  that  the  city  offered  him  a  much  wider 
field  and  greater  opportunities,  he  moved  to  Chicago  in  1871, 
and  that  same  year  bought  a  half  interest  in  a  retail  grocery 
store  at  Polk  and  Halsted  streets.  Shortly  afterward  he 
bought  out  his  partner's  interest,  and  after  disposing  of  the 
grocery  store,  he  started  in  the  flour  and  feed  business  at  16th 
street  and  Newberry  ave.  Under  his  careful  management  the 
business  rapidly  increased,  until  it  became  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  successful  wholesale  flour  and  feed  concerns  in  the 
entire  city. 

Mr.  Zina  R.  Carter  represented  the  Tenth  Ward  in  the  City 
Council  for  several  years,  during  which  time  he  made  a  splendid 
record  his  vote  being  always  recorded  in  the  interest  of  the  city 
of  Chicago,  and  in  every  instance  against  questionable  measures 
which  came  before  that  body  during  the  many  years  which  he 
served  in  the  City  Council. 

He  resigned  from  the  City  Council  to  accept  a  place  on  the 
drainage  board  to  which  office  he  was  elected  some  three  years 
ago,  where  he  showed  fine  executive  ability  in  this  connection, 
by  his  untiring  efforts  to  complete  the  great  American  waterway. 
He  has  served  on  several  important  committees  and  as  chair- 
man of  the  finance  committee  in  that  body.  Mr.  Zina  R.  Car- 
ter served  as  President  of  the  Board  of  Trade  for  one  term, 
which  position  he  filled  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  public  in 
general.  Mr.  Carter  while  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  for 
years  has  never  been  in  any  sense  a  speculator.  He  has  dealt 
in  actual  commodities  only. 

In  the  spring  of  1899,  Zina  R.  Carter  received  the  unani- 
mous nomination  for  Mayor  of  Chicago  in  the  Republican  con- 
vention, and  the  people  of  Chicago  will  have  cause  to  regret  for 
years  to  come  that  he  was  not  elected,  as  the  interest  of  the  city 
of  Chicago  stands  foremost  in  the  heart  of  that  broad  minded 
splendid  type  of  American  Citizen. 

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Under  the  existing  circumstances  he  conducted  the  grandest 
campaign  ever  conducted  by  any  mayoral  candidate  in  this  city. 

The  Democrats  together  with  almost  the  united  press  of 
Chicago,  failed  to  even  find  one  spot  of  dishonor  in  his  public 
or  private  record,  during  the  entire  campaign. 

Mr.  Carter  received  107,000  votes  and  no  one  can  doubt  the 
fact  that  under  ordinary  circumstances  and  equal  issues  Mr. 
Carter  would  have  run  far  ahead  of  his  opponent. 

The  minds  of  the  people  of  Chicago  were  poisoned  against 
Charles  T.  Yerkes  at  that  time,  and  every  paper  in  Chicago 
except  one  kept  telling  the  people  every  issue  that  Carter  Harri- 
son was  the  only  man  that  prevented  Yerkes  from  converting 
all  the  streets  of  Chicago  and  other  property  to  his  own  private 
use,  when  it  was  a  fact  that  Harrison  never  done  more  to 
prevent  Yerkes  from  obtaining  the  franchise  than  to  make  the 
statement  that  he  would  eat  his  fedora  hat  if  the  franchise  was 
obtained. 

The  Republican  members  of  the  City  Council  killed  the 
measure  in  committee,  and  Harrison  knew  well  that  this  would 
be  done  when  he  made  the  hat  statement.  Nevertheless  almost 
the  united  press  of  Chicago  deceived  the  people  by  misrepresen- 
tations which  resulted  in  the  defeat  of  Mr.  Zina  R.  Carter  one 
of  the  best  candidates  Chicago  ever  had  for  mayor. 

Mr.  Zina  R.  Carter  has  been  honored  several  times  by  his 
party,  and  each  time  the  office  came  to  him  unsolicited.  It  is 
not  at  all  unreasonable  to  predict  that  Mr.  Carter  will  yet  do 
even  greater  honor  to  the  Republican  party,  than  the  party  has 
ever  done  him.  We  predict  a  bright  political  future  awaits 
Mr.  Zina  R.  Carter. 


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JAMES   H.  GILBERT. 
"Who  made  a  splendid  record  as  Sheriff  of  Cook  County  from  1890  to  1894. 


92 


HON.  JAMES  H.  GILBERT. 


WHOSE    RECORD    IN    PUBLIC    AND    PRIVATE    LIFE    IS    AN    OPEN     BOOK 

— ONE    OF    THE    FEW    MEN    TO    WHOM    THE    POWERFUL 

REPUBLICAN    ORGANIZATION    OWES    MUCH 

OF    ITS    GREATNESS. 


Hon.  James  H.  Gilbert,  whose  record  in  public  and  private 
life  will  serve  as  a  grand  monument  erected  to  himself  and  the 
great  Republican  party  of  Illinois,  for  generations  to  come,  on 
the  open  pages  of  the  book  of  honor. 

To  Mr.  Gilbert  the  Republican  party  owes  much  for  the 
splendid  precinct  organization  in  existence  in  Cook  County 
to-day,  as  he  is  admittedly  one  of  its  earliest  founders,  and 
strongest  advocates. 

Mr.  James  H.  Gilbert,  was  born  on  June  30th,  1844,  and  is 
of  New  England  and  north  of  Ireland  ancestry;  he  descended 
from  good  old  Revolutionary  stock.  His  remote  ancestors  were 
English,  and  the  first  to  settle  in  America  was  Jonathan  Gilbert, 
who  was  from  Little  Edington,  Norfolk  County,  England.  He 
located  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1640,  becoming  a  leading 
citizen  and  extensive  land  owner  of  that  state. 

The  great  great  grandfather  of  James  H.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  Nathaniel  Gilbert  a  native  of  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut, who  in  1765  was  commissioned  Captain  of  the  Militia, 
and  in  1776  was  appointed  Captain  in  Colonel  Sage's  Regiment, 
which  was  celebrated  for  its  gallant  defense  of  New  Haven. 

Benjamin  Gilbert,  his  grandfather,  located  in  New  York 
State  in  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century,  where  he  was 
extensively  engaged  in  the  fur  business. 

Elisha  B.  Gilbert,  the  father  of  James,  was  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  furniture  and  later  became  engaged  in  the 

O     c5 

lumber  business.  He  removed  to  Toronto,  Canada,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-five  years,  where  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Jane 
Harris,  who  was  of  Scotch-Irish  lineage.  She  died  in  1880  at 

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the   age   of    73    years,   and   the  father  Elisha,  passed  away  in 
1887,  at  the  age  of  84. 

This  brings  us  down  through  a  long  period  of  the  Gilbert 
family  in  America,  to  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  Mr.  James  H. 
Gilbert,  who  spent  the  days  of  his  youth  and  boyhood  in  his 
native  city  Toronto,  and  after  obtaining  his  elementary  education 
in  the  private  schools  of  that  city,  continued  his  studies  in  the 
Upper  Canada  College,  and  at  the  Toronto  University.  After- 
wards turning  his  attention  to  the  study  of  law.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1865,  and  immediately  entered  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  resided  in  Toronto  until  the  fall 
of  1867,  when  he  removed  to  Chicago,  and  here  opened  a  law 
office.  For  several  years  he  continued  his  labors  successfully  at 
the  bar,  and  was  also  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  in 
partnership  with  Robert  C.  Givins,  which  partnership  continued 
up  to  1883. 

Mr.  Gilbert's  careful  management  of  his  business  enterprises 
soon  brought  him  success,  and  of  late  years  he  has  been  con- 
nected with  a  number  of  the  leading  financial  concerns  of  this 
city. 

He  embarked  in  the  banking  business  in  1894,  and  on  July 
the  1st,  of  the  same  year  was  made  president  of  the  Garden 
City  Banking  and  Trust  Company. 

Mr.  Gilbert's  business  ability  is  of  high  order;  he  possesses 
the  will  to  resolve  and  the  executive  force  to  control  extensive 
enterprises.  His  great  energy  combined  with  sound  judgment 
and  capable  management,  enables  him  to  carry  forward  to  success 
many  undertakings. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Gilbert  has  been  an  important  factor  in 
the  politics  of  Chicago.  He  has  always  been  a  stanch  Repub- 
lican, and  a  loyal  warm  advocate  of  the  principles  of  that  party, 
which  at  all  times  stand  for  prosperity,  protection  of  American 
industries  and  the  advancement  of  the  nation's  progress  and 
welfare.  He  was  elected  member  of  the  city  council  in  1876, 
known  as  the  Reform  Council  at  a  time  when  the  city's  finances 
were  in  very  bad  shape,  and  he  fully  justified  the  trust  reposed 
in  him,  by  proving  a  very  valued  and  efficient  member  of  that 
body.  He  acted  as  mayor  pro-tern  during  the  two  months 
absence  of  Mayor  Heath,  and  in  that  capacity  fulfilled  the  duties 
with  credit  to  himself  and  the  citizens  in  general. 

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In  1886  Mr.  Gilbert  was  elected  Clerk  of  the  Criminal  Court 
of  Cook  County,  which  office  he  also  filled  with  credit  for  the 
term  of  four  years,  and  in  1890  received  the  nomination  for  the 
high  and  very  important  office  of  Sheriff  of  Cook  County.  It 
was  generally  conceded  even  by  many  Republicans  that  that  was 
a  Democratic  year.  The  late  Frank  Lawler  being  at  that  timo 
the  strongest  Democrat  in  Cook  County,  was  pitted  against  Mr. 
Gilbert  by  the  Democrats.  The  campaign  conducted  by  Mr. 
Gilbert  throughout  Cook  County  during  that  fall,  has  long  since 
passed  into  the  annals  of  political  history  as  the  greatest  cam- 
paign, and  the  grandest  victory  ever  won  for  Sheriff  of  Cook 
County.  The  Democrats  elected  all  the  rest  of  the  ticket  except 
the  County  Clerk,  Sheriff  and  County  Treasurer,  and  with  any 
other  man  on  the  ticket  but  Mr.  Gilbert,  they  would  undoubt- 
edly have  captured  the  sheriff's  office  also. 

Mr.  Gilbert's  course  in  every  public  position  that  he  has 
filled  was  the  advancement  of  the  best  interests  of  the  city  and 
county.  The  cause  of  the  party  and  its  success  lies  close  to  his 
heart,  but  no  man  can  say  aught  against  his  political  methods 
which  are  always  fair,  just,  sound  and  straight  forward. 

James  H.  Gilbert  has  been  a  member  of  nearly  every  execu- 
tive Committee  of  his  party  in  the  county  from  1878  to  1894, 
and  has  twice  served  as  chairman,  during  which  time  his  mana- 
gerial ability  and  comprehensive  grasp  of  the  political  situation 
enabled  him  to  do  most  effective  work  for  the  Republicans. 

In  1892  he  was  delegate  at  large  to  the  National  Republican 
Convention  at  Minneapolis,  and  was  chosen  representative  from 
Illinois  to  notify  President  Harrison  of  his  re-nomination  and 
his  party  owes  him  even  greater  honors. 

Mr.  Gilbert  is  a  valued  member  of  the  Union  League,  and 
Bankers'  Clubs,  the  National  Union,  Hamilton  Club,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Sons  of  American  Revolution, 
the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  Chicago  Athletic,  and  Washington 
Park  Clubs  and  a  Mason  of  the  highest  rank  and  standing. 

Mr.  Gilbert  was  married  in  1870  to  Miss  Ella  K.  Huntley, 
daughter  of  Silas  Huntley,  and  a  lady  of  high  culture.  They 
have  two  children  Helen  R. ,  and  Huntley  N. ;  he  resides  in  the 
Fourth  Ward. 


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II.  H.  CARR. 

The  well  known  Board  of  Trade  man,  better  known  as  the 
"Farmers'  Friend." 


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HENRY  HERBERT  CARR. 


A  REPUBLICAN  OF  THE  OLD  SCHOOL,  COMMONLY  KNOWN  AD  THE 
' '  FARMER'S  FRIEND.  " 


Henry  Herbert  Carr,  who  has  been  a  resident  of  the  Fourth 
Ward  for  the  past  twenty  years,  is  one  man  who  contributed 
very  largely  towards  the  formation  and  completing  of  the 
unequaled  organizations,  which  exist  in  Republican  .circles  of 
Cook  County  to-day. 

Mr.  Carr,  from  a  Republican  standpoint,  is  a  student  of  the 
old  school;  and  at  one  time  his  name  was  coupled  with  that  of 
Doc.  Jamieson,  James  H.  Gilbert,  Martin  B.  Madden,  and  several 
other  heavy  weights  from  the  South  Side. 

This  combination  of  political  dictators,  were  amongst  the  few 
who  advocated  and  secured  the  adoption  of  the  grand  form  of 
organization,  known  as  the  Ward  and  Precinct  Clubs,  which 
exist  in  Cook  County,  and  which  no  other  city  in  the  United 
States  can  equal  in  the  shape  of  organization,  not  even  barring 
"Tammany"  of  New  York. 

To  Mr.  Carr  belongs  more  credit  for  this  grand  organization, 
than  any  other  man  residing  on  the  South  Side,  and  much 
of  the  early  day  expense  attached  to  the  meetings  held  by  the 
heretofore  mentioned  "Big  Four"  from  the  South  Side  was  de- 
frayed by  Mr.  H.  H.  Carr.  And  while  Mr.  Carr  has  hereto- 
fore manifested  considerable  interest  in  the  building  up  of  the 
grand  Republican  organization,  yet  he  at  no  time  in  the  course 
of  his  political  career,  was  selfish  in  his  motives,  and  while  it  is 
a  conceded  fact  that  he  could  have  any  office  within  the  gift  of 
his  Ward  organization,  which  has  previously  attempted  to  in- 
duce him  to  become  their  candidate;  yet  Mr.  Carr  preferred  to 
devote  more  of  his  time  and  attention  to  his  immense  business  in- 
terests in  connection  with  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade;  and 
modestly  declined  to  accept  any  office  other  than  that  of  Presi- 
dent of  the  Ward  Club,  which  he  held  for  a  number  of  years. 

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In  political  circles  he  was  at  one  time  a  power,  and  was  the 
first  man  to  induce  James  H.  Gilbert  to  enter  the  race  for  sheriff 
in  1890.  His  advice  in  politics,  like  that  of  a  business  nature, 
has  always  been  considered  sound  and  thoroughly  reliable. 

During  the  Shrievalty  Campaign  of  1890,  Mr.  Carr  rendered 
invaluable  services,  not  alone  to  his  friend  Mr.  Gilbert,  but 
to  the  entire  Republican  County  ticket.  He  was  later  on  urged 
to  become  a  candidate  for  Sanitary  Trustee  of  Chicago,  which  he 
modestly  declined,  as  also  did  he  at  various  times  refused  the 
nomination  for  Alderman  from  his  Ward.  Mr.  H.  H.  Carr  is 
not  what  may  be  termed  a  politician,  but  a  strict  business  man, 
in  which  pursuit  he  prefers  to  remain,  and  devotes  only  his  spare 
time  to  the  advancement  of  good  sound  Republican  principles. 

The  history  of  the  Carr  family  in  the  United  States  would 
indeed  to  do  them  justice  fill  a  larger  book  than  this  is  intended 
to  be. 

The  family  which  were  originally  of  English  descent,  branched 
out  to  Scotland  and  even  Ireland,  and  distinguished  themselves 
in  the  battle  field  as  far  back  as  the  llth  Century.  In  Battle 
Abbey,  under  William  the  Conqueror,  Benjamin  Carr,  the  great 
grandfather,  by  five  generations  back  of  H.  H.  Carr,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  London,  England,  August  18,  1592. 
Cable  Carr,  his  son  who  was  also  born  in  London,  December  9, 
1616,  came  to  America  in  1635,  and  after  holding  many  honor- 
able offices  was  appointed  Governor  of  Rhode  Island  in  1695, 
which  position  he  continued  to  hold  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

From  this  time  down  to  the  present  day  we  have  a  long  list 
of  distinguished  members  of  the  Carr  family. 

Captain  John  Carr,  born  in  Newport,  R.  L,  1738,  fought 
under  Washington  in  the  Battles  of  Rhode  Island,  and  Trenton 
Bridge,  N.  J. 

Major  James  Carr,  born  in  Dover,  N.  H. ,  in  1748,  was  also 
a  soldier  of  the  Revolution. 

Cable  Carr,  born  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  1744,  married  Margaret 
Adams,  a  cousin  of  John  Adams  who  was  the  second  President 
of  the  United  States.  Mr.  Cable  Carr  was  also  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolutionary  War  and  fought  at  the  memorable  Battle  of  Sara- 
toga, in  1777. 

Dabney  Carr  was  born  in  Virginia,  October  26,  1743,  was 
probably  one  of  the  most  illustrious  of  the  Carr  family.  He 


married  Martha,  a  sister  of  the  immortal  Jefferson.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  and  introduced  and  had 
passed  a  bill  of  rights  which  was  regarded  as  an  entering  wedge  to 
the  separation  of  the  Colonies  from  England.  His  speech  on  that 
occasion  was  regarded  by  Thomas  Jefferson,  as  "a  masterpiece 
of  patriotic  eloquence"  on  this  subject.  Mr.  Jefferson  after" 
wards  wrote,  "I  well  remember,  the  pleasure  expressed  in  the 
countenance  and  conversations  of  the  members  generally  on  this 
debut  of  Mr.  Carr,  and  the  hopes  they  conceived  as  well  from 
the  talents  as  the  patriotism  manifested.  But  he  died  two  months 
later,  and  in  him  we  lost  a  powerful  fellow  laborer." 

From  the  date  of  the  Revolutionary  War  down  to  the  present 
day,  the  history  of  the  Carr  family  in  the  United  States  has  at  no 
time  grown  less  important,  and  during  the  Civil  War  from  1861 
to  1805,  several  members  of  the  Carr  family  distinguished  them- 
selves as  officers  and  privates  in  the  front  rank  of  many  a  hard 
fought  battle  in  defense  of  the  stars  and  stripes,  and  many  of 
them  even  gave  up  their  lives  to  the  cause. 

Henry  Herbert  Carr,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in 
Northville,  La  Salle  County,  Illinois,  June  20,  1844.  His  father 
was  engaged  in  the  grain  and  general  mercantile  business.  It 
was  here  that  Henry  H.  Carr  spent  his  youthful  boyhood  happy 
days,  and  it  was  here  while  in  his  youth  that  he  first  conceived 
the  original  idea  of  consigning  shipments  of  grain  and  other  farm 
products  in  which  he  has  for  years  been  successfully  engaged. 

Mr.  H.  H.  Carr  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  attended  a 
commercial  college  at  Chicago,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1860. 

When  the  war  broke  out,  though  still  under  age,  he  tried  to 
obtain  the  consent  of  his  parents  to  enlist,  but  was  refused  be- 
cause of  his  age.  The  following  year,  while  still  only  eighteen 
years  of  age,  he  secured  the  consent  of  his  parents  and  enlisted 
in  Company  H,  105th  Regular  Illinois  Infantry.  During  his 
three  years  service,  his  regiment  was  engaged  in  the  campaign  of 
the  Army  of  the  Cumberland,  and  marched  through  Kentucky, 
Tennessee,  Alabama,  Georgia,  South  and  North  Carolina,  Vir- 
ginia, Maryland  and  the  District  of  Columbia.  The  regiment 
was  engaged  in  nearly  all  of  the  battles  of  the  southeast,  and  for 
three  months  was  quartered  within  gunshot  of  the  enemy. 

Mr.  Carr  was  with  his  regiment  in  Sherman's  march  to  the 

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sea.  He  was  also  at  the  review  at  Washington  in  1865,  from 
thence  to  Chicago,  where  the  regiment  was  mustered  out  in  June, 
1865. 

After  the  war  he  moved  to  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  and  supply  business.  He  returned 
to  Chicago,  in  the  fall  of  1866,  afterwards  moved  to  Quincy, 
111.,  where  he  became  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  In 
1869  he  again  returned  to  Chicago,  and  took  a  position  with  the 
wholesale  nrm  of  Field,  Leiter  &  Co. ,  where  he  remained  only  a 
short  time.  Mr.  Carr  afterwards  took  a  position  with  the  old 
Board  of  Trade  firm  of  E.  F.  Pulsifer  &  Co.,  in  which  firm  ho 
secured  an  interest  later  on.  After  the  great  fire  he  made  several 
trips  through  the  West,  combining  business  with  health  seeking. 
In  18T7  he  engaged  in  the  sheep  raising  in  Texas,  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing spring  returned  to  Chicago. 

In  1884  Mr.  Carr  became  associated  with  the  well-known 
grain  commission  house  of  Norman  B.  Ream,  the  latter  men- 
tioned retired  from  the  firm  in  that  same  year,  when  the  firm  of 
H.  H.  Carr  &  Co.  was  established  with  N.  B.  Ream  as  special 
partner.  After  two  years  Mr.  Ream  retired  from  the  firm. 
Thereupon  Mr.  Carr  departed  from  the  old  fashioned  methods  of 
the  trade,  and  originated  the  system  of  direct  consignment  from 
the  farmers  throughout  the  United  States.  Mr.  H.  H.  Carr  has 
ever  since  been  known  as  the  original  "farmers'  friend."  Ho 
does  not  speculate  in  any  shape,  manner  or  form,  in  the  markets 
of  the  Board,  but  Mr.  Carr  receives  direct  consignments  from 
the  farmers,  which  he  personal  lv  supervises. 


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HON.  ARTHUR   DIXON. 
Better  known  as  the  former  Father  of  the  City  Council. 


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HON.   ARTHUR  DIXON. 


THE  PUBLIC  SPIRITED  CITIZEN    TO  WHOM    CHICAGO  OWES  MUCH 
OF    HER    GREATNESS. 

Arthur  Dixon  is  one  of  Chicago's  most  highly  respected 
public  spirited  citizens,  and  to  him  Chicago  owes  much  of  her 
greatness  to-day. 

To  Arthur  Dixon  we  owe  our  unequaled  public  library  sys- 
tem, and  to  him  we  owe  the  building  of  sewers  by  special  assess- 
ment system,  the  building  and  owning  of  city  water-works,  the 
building  of  viaducts  over  the  deadly  railroad  crossings,  the  city's 
interest  upon  her  public  funds,  the  annexation  of  suburbs  and 
the  extension  of  the  city's  fire  limits  ;  besides  fathering  all  these 
measures  and  securing  their  adoption,  both  in  the  General 
Assembly  and  the  City  Council,  he  also  earnestly  advocated, 
during  his  latter  years  in  the  City  Council,  that  the  city  own  and 
operate  its  own  gas  plant. 

During  his  thirty-eight  years  of  residence  in  Chicago,  twenty- 
four  years  were  spent  by  him  in  the  City  Council  and  two  in  the 
State  Legislature,  always  legislating  in  .the  interest  of  our  rapid 
growing  and  ever  busy  metropolis.  He  was  known  throughout 
the  city  as  the  ablest  Alderman  that  ever  occupied  a  seat  in  the 
City  Council,  and  was  referred  to  as  the  "Father  of  the  Alder- 
men" and  "Watch-dog  of  the  City  Treasury." 

Mr.  Dixon's  private  character  is  one  to  be  admired,  and  as  a 
public  official,  his  record  stands  without  a  blemish.  His  life  has 
been  devoted  to  pure  motives  and  manly  principles,  and  through 
untiring,  energetic  efforts  and  honorable  business  methods,  he 
has  risen  from  the  humble  walk  of  life  to  a  high  honored  posi- 
tion in  commercial  circles  of  the  great  city  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Dixon  was  born  in  Ireland  and  comes  of  good  Scotch- 
Irish  parentage,  who  were  Arthur  and  Jane  (Allen)  Dixon.  His 
father  was  a  farmer  and  country  school  teacher  ;  he  was  a  man 
of  more  than  ordinary  intelligence,  having  practiced  law  for  a 
time  with  considerable  success. 

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When  a  youth  of  eighteen  Arthur  came  to  the  United  States 
to  visit  some  friends  in  Philadelphia  ;  being  attracted  by  the 
many  opportunities  afforded  young  men  in  the  new  world,  he 
concluded  to  remain  in  the  United  States.  In  1858  he  moved  to 
Pittsburg,  where  he  became  engaged  in  the  nursery  business.  In 
1861  he  came  to  Chicago  and  entered  the  grocery  business  on  a 
small  scale  ;  his  retail  grocery  being  then  located  on  Wells  street, 
now  Fifth  avenue.  His  connection  with  his  present  business 
commenced  in  1863,  and  came  about  in  what  seemed  an  accident. 
In  payment  of  a  grocery  debt,  he  was  obliged  to  take  a  team 
and  wagon,  and  with  this  he  began  a  general  teaming  business  at 
No.  299  Fifth  avenue,  then  South  Wells  street.  From  this  be- 
ginning, prosperity  has  attended  the  undertaking,  until  to-day  it 
is  the  largest  transferring  company  in  the  United  States.  His 
success  is  entirely  due  to  close  application  to  business,  personal 
good  management  and  honorable  dealings. 

In  the  spring  of  1867,  Arthur  Dixon  was  first  elected  Alder- 
man from  the  Second  Ward  on  the  same  ticket  with  Mayor  Rice. 
He  was  re-elected  with  increased  majorities  and  sometimes  with- 
out opposition,  up  to  1891,  when  he  voluntarily  declined  to 
longer  remain  a  member  of  the  City  Council. 

Besides  retiring  with  an  unequaled  record,  he  had  the  honor 
of  having  served  longer  as  a  member  of  the  City  Council  than 
any  other  Alderman  of  Chicago.  On  June  1,  1891,  he  was 
presented  by  the  City  Council  with  resolutions  endorsing  the 
official  action  of  Alderman  Dixon.  These  were  richly  bound, 
superbly  illumined  and  engraved,  and  he  prizes  them,  even  to-day, 
as  one  of  his  richest  treasures. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, held  April  27,  1891,  the  following  preamble  and  resolu- 
tions, indorsing  the  official  actions  of  Alderman  Dixon  were 
unanimously  adopted : 

WHEREAS,  The  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  is  about 
to  lose  the  services  of  its  oldest  and  best  known  member,  through 
his  voluntary  and  we  hope  temporary  retirement  from  the  politi- 
cal field  of  action, 

JB&ofoed,  That  we,  the  colleagues,  some  of  many  years,  others 
of  short  acquaintance,  tender  to  Alderman  Dixon,  on  this 
occasion,  the  expression  of  our  heartiest  good  wishes  for  his 
future,  and  also  the  expression  of  our  appreciation  of  the  loss 

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the  council  and  the  city  sustains  through  his  withdrawal  from 
our  municipal  legislature. 

Resolved,  That  we  place  on  record  our  conviction  of  his 
great  public  worth,  his  zeal  for  honest  and  economical  govern- 
ment, his  sincere  interest  in  the  cause  of  the  tax-payers  and  his 
undoubted  and  unquestioned  ability  in  every  position  assigned  to 
him  ;  and  further,  we  record  the  expression  of  our  hope  that  his 
zeal,  his  earnestness  and  ability  may  soon  be  utilized  for  the 
public  in  some  new  capacity  ;  and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  the  City  Clerk  be  and  is  hereby  directed  to 
spread  this  preamble  and  the  resolutions  upon  the  records  of  the 
council  and  to  present  to  Alderman  Dixon  a  suitably  engraved 
cop}'  of  the  same.  HEMPSTEAD  WASHBURN,  Mayor. 

JAS.  R.  B.  VANCLEAVE,  City  Clerk. 

The  above  resolutions  are  much  prized  by  Mr.  Dixon,  and  it 
is  but  little  wonder  they  would,  for  they  are  a  splendid  testi- 
monial of  his  honesty,  integrity  and  ability  as  a  public  official, 
in  which  capacity  he  served  for  upwards  of  twenty-six  years, 
having  served  two  years  in  the  State  Legislature  and  twenty-four 
successive  years  in  the  City  Council,  which  breaks  all  records  in 
the  City  Council  so  far,  and  is  more  than  likely  to  stand  for 
generations  to  come. 

During  the  years  which  Alderman  Dixon  served  in  the  City 
Council,  he  held  many  important  and  responsible  offices,  such  as 
Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee  and  others  too  numerous  to 
mention,  and  in  every  instance  gave  entire  satisfaction.  Being 
the  oldest  member,  he  was  usually  called  to  the  chair  in  the 
absence  of  the  Mayor,  and  it  might  be  said  that  he  acted  at  all 
times  in  that  and  other  capacities  in  the  interest  of  the  city  of 
Chicago. 

In  187i  Mr.  Dixon  was  chosen  President  of  the  City  Council 
and  was  re-elected  to  that  position  for  six  years.  He  was 
a  recognized  leader  of  the  City  Council  for  many  years,  and  as  a 
debater  had  no  equal  in  that  body.  He  was  a  practical  parlia- 
mentarian and  authority  on  anything  pertaining  to  the  interpre- 
tation of  the  powers  and  provisions  of  the  City  Charter. 

He  was  appointed  by  the  Mayor  one  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  Arrangements  for  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition, 
and  was  also  one  of  the  committee  that  was  instrumental  in 
arranging  and  passing  the  ordinance  providing  for  the  loan  of 

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$5,000,000  for  the  Exposition.  In  April,  1892,  Mr.  Dixon  was 
elected  a  Director  of  the  World's  Columbian  Directory  and  his 
services  and  counsels  in  that  capacity  were  invaluable  in  the 
prosecution  of  that  enormous  enterprise. 

Arthur  Dixon  has  been  a  member  of  the  Republican  Central 
Committee  for  more  than  thirty  years,  and  has  frequently  served 
as  Chairman  of  that  body.  He  was  elected  President  of  the  first 
Irish  Republican  organization  in  Chicago  in  1868,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  was  President  of  the  National  Irish  Republican  Conven- 
tion, also  held  in  this  city.  He  was  also  President  of  the  Irish 
Literary  Society  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Dixon  represented  the  First  Senatorial  District  in  the 
Twenty-seventh  General  Assembly  of  Illinois,  and  as  a  member 
of  that  body,  had  charge  of  measures  and  rendered  services  of 
great  value  to  the  city  of  Chicago.  Among  the  bills  introduced 
by  him,  which  was  passed  by  the  Legislature,  was  one  providing 
for  the  location  of  the  Chicago  Public  Library,  the  Drainage 
Canal,  the  one  authorizing  the  mill  tax  and  special  assessment. 
He  was  a  delegate  to  the  National  Republican  Convention,  which 
nominated  Garfield  for  President.  In  all  his  public  career,  Mr. 
Dixon  has  maintained  a  character  above  reproach  and  all  his 
actions  at  all  times  have  been  straightforward,  business-like  and 
in  the  interest  of  good  government. 

Mr.  Dixon  was  President  of  the  Hamilton  Club  from  1894 
to  1895,  and  it  was  under  his  management  that  the  club  com- 
menced to  nourish  and  increase  in  membership.  The  club  owes 
much  of  its  success  and  existence  to-day  to  its  Ex-President,  Mr. 
Dixon.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Union  League  and  Sheridan 
Clubs.  He  is  Director  in  the  Metropolitan  National  Bank,  the 
B.  &  O.  and  Chicago  &  Grand  Trunk  railroads,  the  Sibley  Ware- 
house, the  Consolidated  Stone  Company  and  President  of  the 
Arthur  Dixon  Transfer  Company. 

In  1862  Mr.  Dixon  was  married  to  Miss  Ann  Carson  of 
Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania,  to  whom  fourteen  children  have  been 
born,  thirteen  of  whom  are  living.  In  the  midst  of  his  extremely 
interesting  family  and  his  most  estimable  wife,  Mr.  Dixon  passes 
his  happiest  hours  away. 

Should  his  name  ever  appear  upon  the  council  records  again, 
we  predict  it  will  be  as  Mayor  of  Chicago. 


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HON.  WILLIAM    BOLDENWECK. 
President  of  the  Great  American  Waterway. 


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HON.   WILLIAM   BOLDENWECK. 


PRESIDENT     OF     THE     SANITARY     DISTRICT     OF     CHICAGO. 


UNDER  WHOSE  SPLENDID  MANAGEMENT  THE  GREAT  AMERICAN 
WATERWAY  WAS  OPENED  JANUARY  2,    1900. 


Mr.  William  Boldenweck  was  born  at  Jettingen,  Germany, 
August  9,  1851.  Charles  George  Boldenweck,  his  father,  was  a 
native  of  Wustemberg,  and  was  a  very  competent  engineer  and 
extensive  contractor.  He  was  employed  by  King  Ludwig,  of 
Bavaria,  to  personally  supervise  and  construct  a  canal  to  con- 
nect the  rivers  Danube  and  Main.  He  next  built  the  great  tun- 
nel through  solid  rock  on  the  Obesstanfen  railroad,  and  later  was 
appointed  Superintendent  of  Engineers  on  the  Augsburg  Ulen 
railroad.  This  reponsible  position  he  held  until  he  resigned  to 
come  to  the  United  States  with  his  family,  which  was  in  185-k 
One  month  after  their  arrival  both  parents  died  of  cholera,  leav- 
ing William  Boldenweck,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  an  orphan 
at  the  age  of  three  years. 

Mr.  Boldenweck  received  his  early  education  at  the  old  Dear- 
born school,  which  was  located  on  Madison  between  Dearborn 
and  State  streets.  He  attended  the  Dearborn  and  a  private  Ger- 
man school  until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age,  when  he  took  a  one 
year  course  in  Dyrenfurth's  Business  College,  where  he  learned 
bookkeeping.  He  afterwards  learned  the  tinsmith  trade,  and 
subsequently  took  a  position  as  bookkeeper  with  a  tin-hardware 
and  stove  firm.  Later  he  became  a  dry-goods  salesman,  which 
position  he  held  up  to  1871.  He  then  became  connected  with 
his  brother,  Louis,  who  was  engaged  in  the  cut  stone  contracting 
business,  where  he  remained  until  1875,  at  which  time  he  suc- 
ceeded his  brother  in  the  business  and  formed  a  partnership 
with  Philip  Henne.  The  firm  of  Boldenweck  &  Henne  existed 
up  to  1883,  at  which  time  it  changed  to  the  firm  of  Boldenweck 

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&  Heldmaier.  The  latter  named  firm  continued  to  exist  up  to 
1887,  when  Mr.  Boldenweck  retired. 

Here  the  political  career  of  the  Hon.  William  Boldenweck 
commenced,  when  he  was  elected  Supervisor  of  the  town  of  Lake 
View,  in  the  spring  of  188T,  and  in  June  of  the  same  year  he 
was  elected  Mayor  of  Lake  View.  He  was  re-elected  Mayor  in 
1889,  which  position  he  held  up  to  the  time  the  city  of  Lake 
View  became  annexed  to  Chicago,  the  city  of  Lake  View  being 
at  that  time  the  second  largest  city  in  the  state  of  Illinois. 

The  honest,  business-like  administration  of  affairs  of  the  city 
of  Lake  View,  as  administered  by  Mr.  Boldenweck,  who  was  its 
first,  last  and  only  Mayor,  was  in  itself  sufficient  to  commend 
him  to  his  party  for  a  higher  office.  The  nomination  in  the  Re- 
publican county  convention  for  Drainage  Trustee  came  to  him 
unsolicited  in  1891,  which  position  he  has  ever  since  filled  with 
credit  to  himself  and  the  "Republican  party."  He  was  elected 
President  of  said  Drainage  Board  in  1897,  and  again  in  1898, 
the  president  being  selected  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  board  for 
a  term  of  one  year. 

Mr.  William  Boldenweck  is  what  may  be  very  .truthfully 
termed  a  self-made  man ;  his  success  in  business  was  entirely  due 
to  hard  work,  honesty  and  economy.  It  might  also  be  said  that 
his  success  from  a  political  standpoint  is  entirely  due  to  the  hon- 
est, fearless,  straightforward,  business-like  administration  always 
rendered  by  him  as  a  public  servant,  which  he  terms  himself. 

Mr.  Boldenweck  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education 
from  1891  to  1893,  being  appointed  by  Mayor  Washburn  for  a 
term  of  three  years.  He  resigned  under  Mayor  Swift  to  devote 
his  entire  time  to  the  sanitary  district  work. 

Mr.  William  Boldenweck  is  destined  to  become  a  power  in 
the  Republican  politics  of  Illinois  in  the  near  future. 

He  resides  at  1681  North  Halsted  street. 


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PATRICK   H.  O'DONNELL. 
The  very  able  Lawyer  and  Public  Administrator  of  Cook  County. 


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PATRICK  H.   O'DONNELL. 


THE    EMINENT    LAWYER,     AND    FAMOUS    REPUBLICAN    ORATOR. 

AS    PUBLIC    ADMINISTRATOR     OF    COOK    COUNTY    HE    HAS     RESTORED 
HUNDREDS    OF    THOUSANDS    OF    DOLLARS    TO    RIGHT- 
FUL    OWNERS     FROM    OBSCURITY. 


Patrick  H.  O'Donnell  is  one  of  Chicago's  most  eminent 
young  lawyers,  and  but  few  members  of  that  profession  com- 
mands such  high  respect  of  the  bench  and  bar  of  Illinois  as  he 
does.  Mr.  O'Donnell  was  known  throughout  his  native  state 
(Indiana),  as  the  famous  boy  orator  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
is  even  up  to  this  day  referred  to  as  a  natural  born  orator.  Dur- 
ing the  memorable  national  campaign  of  1884,  he  stumped  the 
state  of  Indiana,  together  with  Ex-President  Harrison,  in  the 
interest  of  James  G.  Blaine,  Mr.  O'Donnell  being  at  that  time 
only  twenty-one  years  of  age. 

Patrick  H.  O'Donnell,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born 
on  a  farm  in  Carroll  County,  Inidana,  in  1863.  His  father,  who 
was  born  in  Ireland,  came  to  the  United  States  in  1854,  and 
for  a  time  resided  in  the  state  of  Ohio.  He  took  up  a  farm  in 
Carroll  County,  Indiana,  in  1860,  where  the  entire  O'Donnell 
family  of  seven,  four  girls  and  three  boys,  were  born.  His 
father  being  James  and  mother  Bridget  ( McGlynn )  O'Donnell. 
One  of  the  sons  named  Charles,  is  still  a  resident  of  Indiana, 
being  engaged  in  the  farming  business.  The  other  brother  John 
is  assistant  in  the  office  of  Patrick  H. ,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Mr.  O'Donnell  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Carroll  County,  where  he  afterwards  taught  school 
from  the  age  of  sixteen  to  twenty-four. 

He  subsequently  attended  the  Georgetown  University  at 
Washington,  D.  C. ,  where  he  took  a  seven  years  course,  and 
graduated  from  the  law  school  of  said  University  in  1894. 

After  returning  from  Washington  he  stood  examination  for 
admission  to  the  bar,  and  passed  with  high  honors  before  the 

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Supreme  Court  of  this  state.  Though  a  resident  of  Chicago,  and 
a  citizen  of  Illinois,  Mr.  O'Donnell  was  tendered  the  nomination 
for  Congress  by  the  Republicans  of  his  native  district  in  Indiana. 
This  high  honor  is  seldom  presented  to  non-residents  of  any  of 
our  states. 

Locating  in  Chicago  in  1894,  Mr.  O'Donnell  began  the  prac- 
tice of  law  in  partnership  with  the  brilliant  young  lawyer,  Mr. 
James  T.  Brady,  and  the  well-know  law  firm  of  O'Donnell  & 
Brady  has  ever  since  remained  unchanged. 

Mr.  O'Donnell  has  taken  an  active  part  in  politics  in  his  na- 
tive county  in  the  interest  of  the  Republican  party  ever  since  he 
was  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  in  1884,  when  he  was  then  only 
twenty-one,  became  famous  throughout  the  entire  state  as  a 
national  orator  of  rare  ability. 

He  was  nominated  for  state  senator  by  the  Republicans  of 
said  county  in  1886,  but  declined  the  honor  to  perfect  his  law 
study.  Mr.  O'Donnell  devoted  his  entire  time  to  the  campaign 
that  fall,  and  carried  Carroll  County  for  the  Republicans. 

This  was  done  with  the  view  to  elect  Ex-President  Harrison 
United  States  Senator. 

Since  that  time  he  has  been  an  active  campaigner  every  year, 
and  rendered  very  valuable  services  as  an  orator  throughout  the 
states  of  Ohio,  Arkansas,  Missouri,  Indiana  and  Illinois,  in  the 
presidential  campaign  of  1888,  1892,  and  the  memorable  cam- 
paign of  1896,  having  delivered  over  100  speeches  in  each  of  the 
above  mentioned  states. 

Mr.  O'Donnell  also  rendered  very  valuable  services  to  the 
Republican  organization  of  Cook  County  during  the  fall  cam- 
paign of  1898,  and  the  spring  of  .1899.  His  description  of  the 
charge  on  "San  Juan  Hill,"  the  gallant  victory  of  Dewey, 
Schley  and  Sampson,  filled  his  listeners'  hearts  with  such  fighting 
determination  that  many  of  them  imagined  themselves  in  the 
thick  of  the  battle  while  listening  to  his  splendid  orations  on  the 
unequaled  heroism  of  American  soldiers. 

As  a  campaign  orator  he  has  no  equal  in  the  State  of  Illinois. 

Mr.  Patrick  H.  O'Donnell  was  appointed  Public  Administra- 
tor of  Cook  County  by  Governor  John  R.  Tanner,  April  15, 
1897,  and  since  that  time  much  valuable  property,  real  and  per- 
sonal, has  been  rescued  from  oblivion  or  restored  to  rightful 
heirs  by  the  public  administrator,  Mr.  P.  H.  O'Donnell. 

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The  Fortieth  General  Assembly  amended  the  Act  of  1872,  in 
regard  to  the  administration  of  estates.  It  is  provided  by  the  Act 
that  letters  of  administration  shall  be  granted  upon  the  goods  and 
chattels  of  decedent  to  the  surviving  husband  or  wife,  or  to  next 
of  kin  to  the  intestate,  or  some  of  them,  if  they  will  accept  the 
same,  or  the  court  may  grant  letters  of  administration  to  some 
competent  person  who  may  be  nominated  to  the  court  by  either 
of  them,  and  if  none  of  the  persons  hereinbefore  mentioned 
applies  within  sixty  days  from  the  death  of  intestate,  the  county 
court  may  grant  administration  to  the  public  administrator  of  the 
proper  county,  and  the  Act  further  provides  that  counties  having 
a,  population  of  200,000  or  over,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  county 
court  to  turn  over  such  estate  to  the  public  administrator.  This 
includes  all  cases  where  the  intestate  is  without  a  widow,  or  next 
of  kin  or  creditors  in  this  state,  but  leaves  property  within  any 
county  in  this  state  having  the  required  200,000  population  or 
over.  In  cases  where  any  contest  shall  arise  between  the  widow, 
heirs-at-law,  next  to  kin,  or  creditors  of  the  intestate  in  relation 
to  the  granting  of  letters  of  administration,  and  it  shall  appear  to 
the  court  that  the  estate  is  liable  to  waste,  loss  or  embezzlement, 
administration  to  collect  shall  be  granted  to  the  public  adminis- 
trator. The  public  may  rest  assured  that  in  the  appointment  of 
Mr.  Patrick  H.  O'Donnell  to  this  important  trust,  Governor 
Tanner  placed  it  in  very  safe  and  competent  hands. 

Mr.  O'Donnell's  ability  as  a  criminal  lawyer,  as  well  as  a  trial 
lawyer  is  second  to  none  in  the  city  of  Chicago  to-day.  The 
famous  murder  case  conducted  by  Messrs.  O'Donnell  and  Brady 
only  a  few  months  ago  is  fresh  in  the  minds  of  the  public;  this 
was  the  case  of  Augusta  Styles  charged  with  killing  her  mother, 
because  she  claimed  her  oldest  child  was  an  (illegitimate).  This 
noted  case  lasted  several  days,  and  according  to  the  press  of  Chi- 
cago, was  one  of  the  cleverest  defended  cases  tried  in  the  crimi- 
nal court  in  years.  The  closing  address  of  Mr.  O'Donnell  to 
the  jury  which  filled  every  listener's  eyes  with  tears,  will  never 
be  forgotten  by  those  who  heard  it,  and  no  doubt  remained  in 
the  minds  of  listeners,  but  it  had  the  desired  effect  on  the  jury- 
men, who  after  a  very  short  space  of  time  returned  with  a  ver- 
dict of  not  guilty,  and  discharged.  Besides  a  very  bright  legal 
career,  we  predict  for  Mr.  Patrick  H.  O'Donnell  a  great 
political  future. 

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JAMES  C.  IE  WIN. 

The  very  honorable,  honest  and  thoroughly  competent  President 
of  the  County  Board. 


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JAMES  C.  IKWIN. 


THE  EQUITABLE,    HONORABLE  AND  FEARLESS  PRESIDENT  OF  THE 
BOARD  OF  COOK  COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS,   WHO  IS  THE 
CHIEF  GUARDIAN  OF  THE  VARIOUS  INSTITU- 
TIONS OF  COOK  COUNTY. 


Hon.  James  C.  Irwin,  the  fearless,  honest  and  thoroughly 
honorable  president  of  the  Board  of  Cook  County  Commissioners 
is  one  of  the  ablest  and  most  fairminded  men  that  ever  held  an 
elective  office  in  Cook  County,  and  while  he  is  firm  and  unchange- 
able in  his  decisions  and  rulings  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  pro- 
tection of  the  taxpayers  interest,  yet  aside  from  this,  he  is  one  of 
the  most  charitable  kind-hearted  men  that  ever  served  as  chief 
guardian  of  the  institutions  of  Cook  County.  During  his  term 
as  president  of  the  county  board  Mr.  Irwin  clearly  demonstrated 
his  ability  and  integrity  by  at  all  times  protecting  the  expendi- 
ture of  the  public  funds. 

The  enormous  duties  which  devolved  upon  Mr.  Irwin  since 
his  election  as  president  of  the  Board  of  Cook  County  Commis- 
sioners, was  even  greater  than  that  of  any  of  his  predecessors 
and  in  many  instances  may  not  be  thoroughly  understood  by 
the  public. 

When  the  State  Legislature  passed  the  law  creating  a  board 
of  Cook  County  assessors  and  board  of  review,  it  overlooked  the 
necessity  of  making  provisions  for  the  maintenance  of  the  two 
boards  above  referred  to,  and  hence  left  Cook  County  to  defray 
the  entire  expense  out  of  its  usual  funds.  The  Board  of  Asses- 
sors and  Board  of  Review  together  cost  Cook  County  $278,618.32 
during  the  year  1899.  The  expense  of  operating  the  various 
towns  under  the  old  town  assessor  system  had  heretofore,  been 
met  by  a  direct  tax.  So  it  can  be  very  plainly  seen  that  the 
duty  of  providing  this  enormous  extra  expense  devolved  upon 
Mr.  James  C.  Irwin,  as  president  of  the  Board  of  Cook  County 
Commissioners,  and  the  manner  in  which  it  was  promptly  done 

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by  him  has  met  with  public  approval.  The  Legislature  also 
neglected  to  provide  the  necessary  expense  for  operating  the  new 
primary  law,  which  has  been  provided  for  by  the  Commissioners, 
through  Mr.  Irvvin.  All  this  additional  expense  necessitated 
good  sound  judgment  in  the  curtailing  of  expenses  of  other 
departments  under  the  supervision  of  the  president  of  the  Board 
of  Cook  County  Commissioners. 

The  county  institutions  have  all  been  admirably  administered 
and  all  of  them  kept  within  their  appropriations,  including  the 
department  of  supplies,  during  the  year  just  passed.  The  county 
agent's  office  of  which  Mr.  Irwin  is  chief  guardian,  distributed 
relief  to  36,138  families  during  the  year  of  1899,  for  which  was 
expended  $110,000. 

Mr.  James  C.  Irwin  is  the  chief  guardian  of  the  Cook  County 
Hospital,  which  is  the  grandest  institution  of  its  kind  in  the 
world.  The  Dunning  Institutions,  including  the  hospital  for 
consumptives,  the  unfortunate  insane,  the  poor  orphans,  the 
home  for  the  aged  poor,  blind  and  maimed,  are  also  under  his 
supervision,  and  besides  this  he  is  the  head  fountain  of  supplies 
for  the  poor  in  time  of  need. 

Mr.  Irwin  also  has  supervision  of  all  appropriations  for  suste- 
nance of  the  following  departments  of  Cook  County:  the  state's 
attorney's  office,  the  sheriffs  office,  county  treasurer's  office, 
county  clerk's  office,  coroner's  office,  board  of  assessors,  board 
of  review,  clerks  of  the  various  courts  of  Cook  County  and  the 
maintenance  of  the  county  jail,  as  well  as  the  Board  of  Cook 
County  Commissioners.  The  enormity  of  the  office  of  president 
of  the  Board  of  Cook  County  Commissioners  can  easily  be 
imagined  from  the  above  list  of  institutions  which  are  under  his 
personal  supervision. 

Mr.  James  C.  Irwin  was  born  in  Ireland  some  forty-four 
years  ago,  and  came  to  the  United  States  while  still  in  his  teens. 
On  his  arrival  in  this  country  he  immediately  came  to  Chicago, 
where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He  became  engaged  in  various 
pursuits  of  livelihood  up  to  1887,  at  which  time  he  branched  out 
into  the  meat  business,  and  through  close  application  coupled 
with  thoroughly  honorable  business  methods,  soon  prospered  and 
took  high  rank  in  the  commercial  circles  of  this  city  as  a  sound 
and  prosperous  business  man.  Mr.  Irwin's  meat  markets  are 
located  at  5825  State  street,  and  304,  306  and  308  South  Clark 

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street.  He  has  a  very  extensive  trade  among  the  leading  hotels 
and  restaurants  of  this  city,  as  well  as  among  the  retail  butcher 
trade  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Irwin  has  always  been  a  Republican,  he  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Republican  County  Central  Committee  from  the 
Thirty-fourth  Ward  in  1894,  and  has  taken  an  active  interest  in 
the  success  of  his  party  candidates  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
was  nominated  and  elected  County  Commissioner  in  1896,  and 
for  faithful  services  rendered  was  nominated  and  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Cook  County  Commissioners  in  1898,  by  a 
tremendous  majority,  and  but  little  fears  are  entertained  but 
what  he  can  again  succeed  himself  in  November  of  1900,  if  he 
so  desires. 

The  private  and  political  career  of  Mr.  James  C.  Irwin  is  one 
to  be  proud  of,  and  serves  as  a  source  of  gratification  to  his  many 
friends  and  admirers  as  well  as  the  Republican  party  which 
honored  him  with  election. 


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HON.  O.  N.  CARTER. 
The  very  able,  fearless  and  clean  cut  Judge  of  the  Cook  County  Court. 


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HON.  ORRIN  N.  CARTER. 


THE  IMPARTIAL  JURIST  OF  THE  COOK  COUNTY  COURT. 


Hon.  Orrin  N.  Carter,  the  impartial  Judge  of  the  Cook 
County  Court,  was  his  own  architect  in  fortune  seeking,  and  so 
well  did  he  succeed  as  the  constructural  architect  of  his  own 
successful  destiny,  that  his  life  history  from  boyhood  up  to  the 
present  day,  is  full  of  lessons  to  the  young  men  of  America. 

Judge  Carter  was  born  in  Jefferson  County,  New  York, 
January  22,  1854.  His  father  died  before  he  was  two  years  old. 
His  education  was  begun  in  New  York  state,  and  continued  and 
completed  under  adverse  circumstances  in  Illinois,  where  his 
family  removed  when  he  was  only  ten  years  old,  and  located  on 
a  farm  in  Du  Page  County.  Mr.  Carter  worked  on  the  farm 
during  the  spring,  summer  and  fall  months,  and  attended  school 
in  winter.  In  this  manner  he  managed  to  contribute  toward  the 
support  of  a  widowed  mother,  and  the  balance  of  the  family,  as 
well  as  obtaining  a  fairly  good  education. 

Mr.  Carter  later  on  taught  school  in  Grundy  County,  in  order 
to  keep  up  the  payment  of  his  living  and  educational  expenses. 
A  short  time  before  his  admission  to  the  bar  he  was  elected 
county  superintendent  of  schools  in  that  county,  which  position 
he  held  for  over  two  years.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1880, 
and  continued  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Morris,  which  is 
the  county  seat  of  Grundy  County,  up  to  1882,  when  he  was 
appointed  prosecuting  attorney  for  Grundy  County,  a  position  in 
which  he  served  with  the  greatest  credit  for  six  years. 

In  1888  Judge  Carter  sought  a  larger  field  for  his  law  prac- 
tice, and  in  that  year  came  to  Chicago,  where  he  continued  to 
practice  law  for  a  term  of  four  years,  during  which  time  he  met 
with  considerable  success. 

In  1892,  when  the  Sanitary  District  Board  of  Chicago 
needed  a  lawyer  of  great  ability  to  assist  in  the  prosecution  of 
its  gigantic  work,  Mr.  Carter  was  chosen  attorney  for  that  body, 

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and  performed  the  duties  of  that  responsible  position  with  ad- 
mirable tact  and  success  from  March  of  that  year,  until  his 
resignation  in  the  fall  of  1894,  after  accepting  the  Republican 
nomination  for  County  Judge.  His  election  to  that  office  was  a 
triumphant  one,  which  demonstrated  not  alone  his  party's 
strength,  but  his  personal  popularity  with  the  public.  He  was 
again  re-nominated  in  1898,  and  again  demonstrated  his  popular- 
ity with  the  voters  of  Cook  County,  by  leading  his  ticket  to 
success  by  several  thousand  votes. 

Judge  Carter's  life,  private  and  public,  has  been  an  ideal  one. 
The  bench  and  the  bar  esteem  him,  and  the  public  approve  of  his 
devotion  to  duty  without  fear  or  favor.  Mr.  Carter  is  a  Republi- 
can who  lifts  his  head  above  party  prejudice  in  judicial  life.  He 
stands  for  purity  in  politics.  He  is  patient,  just  and  true,  and  it 
might  be  very  truthfully  said,  that  Cook  County  never  had  a 
better  judge  than  Orrin  N.  Carter,  whose  star  of  destiny  shines 
very  bright  for  still  greater  glories  in  the  near  future. 


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HON.  W.  W.  WHEELOCK. 

The  distinguished  Attorney  for  the  Board  of  Election 
Commissioners  of  Cook  County. 


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HON.  W.  W.  WHEELOCK. 


THE    VERY    ABLE    AND    EMINENT    LAWYER,    WHO    IS    THE    PRESENT 

IMPARTIAL     ATTORNEY    FOR     THE 

ELECTION    BOARD. 


But  few  practicing  attorneys  in  Chicago  to-day  command 
such  high  respect  of  the  bench  and  bar  as  Mr.  W.  W.  Wheelock. 

Mr.  Wheelock  has  held  many  important  positions  which 
demanded  high  legal  ability  and  talent,  in  all  of  which  he  has 
given  entire  and  universal  satisfaction. 

Hon.  W.  W.  Wheelock  was  born  at  Felt's  Mills,  Jefferson 
County,  New  York,  September  24th,  1864,  and  came  to  Chicago 
in  1887.  He  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Garden  City  Athletic 
Club  and  also  secretary  of  the  Lincoln  Club,  of  which  he  was 
afterwards  elected  president. 

Mr.  Wheelock  was  appointed  assistant  attorney  for  the  great 
American  waterway,  known  as  the  Sanitary  District  of  Chicago, 
and  in  this  capacity  rendered  some  very  valuable  decisions,  and 
resigned  said  position  when  he  was  elected  member  of  the  State 
Legislature. 

While  a  member  of  the  Legislature  Mr.  Wheelock  opposed 
all  class  legislation,  including  corporations  and  trusts,  and  many 
of  the  most  valuable  laws  which  appear  in  our  statute  books 
to-day  owe  their  existence  to  him.  At  the  expiration  of  his 
term  inducements  were  held  out  to  him  to  accept  a  renomination, 
which  was  equivalent  to  election,  but  Mr.  Wheelock  positively 
declined,  preferring  to  devote  his  time  to  the  practice  of  law. 
He  was  again  appointed  assistant  attorney  for  the  Sanitary  Dis- 
trict of  Chicago,  which  position  he  held  up  to  1894,  when  he 
again  resigned  to  accept  the  position  as  attorney  for  the  Board  of 
Election  Commissioners,  which  position  he  has  held  ever  since, 
and  at  one  time  acted  as  chairman  of  that  body. 

In  connection  with  the  Board  of  Election  Commissioners  Mr. 
Wheelock  has  rendered  very  valuable  services  to  the  citizens  of 

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Cook  County,  and  his  decisions  at  all  times  have  been  fair  and 
impartial. 

While  acting  as  attorney  for  the  Election  Board  Mr.  Wheelock, 
at  various  times,  was  confronted  with  some  of  the  very  best  legal 
talent  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  namely,  A.  S.  Trude,  the  late 
ex-Judge  Prendergast,  and  several  other  heavy  weights,  who 
were  frequently  retained  by  interested  clients  to  represent  them. 
But  it  mattered  not  to  Mr.  Wheelock  what  legal  talent  he  had  to 
compete  with,  as  he  always  held  to  and  never  deviated  from  the 
letter  of  the  law. 

Hon.  W.  W.  Wheelock,  though  young  in  years,  has  dis- 
played more  good,  sound  legal  talent  than  any  man  of  his  age 
practicing  at  the  Chicago  bar  to-day. 

From  the  important  decisions  rendered  at  various  times  by 
him  it  seems  as  though  he  would  make  a  model  jurist,  which  it 
is  not  at  all  unlikely  he  will  be  soon  elevated  to. 

Mr.  Wheelock  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  Hamilton, 
Menoken,  Illinois  Law  and  Pistokee  Yacht  Clubs.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Chicago  Bar  Association,  Illinois  State  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, and  is  also  a  Knight  Templar,  Mason  and  Mystic 
Shriner. 

Mr.  Wheelock  has  always  been  a  Republican,  and,  like  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  will  not  tolerate  other  than  honest, 
honorable,  sound  politics.  He  is  a  very  valuable  adviser  in  the 
councils  of  his  party,  which,  no  doubt,  will  honor  him  with  a 
much  more  exalted  position  in  the  near  future  than  he  at  present 
holds. 


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HON.  J.  P.  MALLETTE. 
Sanitary  Trustee  of  Chicago. 


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HON.  JAMES  P.  MALLETTE. 


THE    VERY    ABLE    SANITARY    TRUSTEE,    AND    FAMOUS 
REAL    ESTATE    MAN. 


Hon.  James  P.  Mallette,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  has  ren- 
dered to  the  people  of  Chicago  invaluable  services  as  trustee  of 
the  great  American  waterway  known  as  the  Sanitary  District  of 
Chicago.  The  close  attention  paid  to  the  prosecution  of  this 
enormous  undertaking  by  Mr.  Mallette,  ever  since  he  was  elected 
member  of  that  body,  is  indeed  deserving  of  the  highest  commen- 
dation of  the  citizens  of  this  community. 

During  the  latter  years  of  prosecution  of  this  work,  the  Board 
was  almost  daily  confronted  with  obstacles  such  as  litigations, 
injunctions  and  trouble  with  contractors  and  various  other  mat- 
ters too  numerous  to  mention.  It  was  during  all  these  trouble- 
some and  trying  times  that, Mr.  Mallette  rendered  to  the  Board 
of  Sanitary  Trustees,  as  well  as  the  citizens  of  Chicago,  his  most 
valuable  services.  Being  a  man  of  superior  ability  and  sound 
judgment,  he  was  able  to  solve  many  of  the  problems  which  came 
before  that  body,  and  while  doing  so  was  ever  mindful  and  eco- 
nomic in  the  expenditure  of  the  public  funds.  To  Mr.  Mallette 
belongs  a  great  deal  of  credit  for  the  hasty  completion  of  this 
great  waterway,  which  is  to-day  and  will  for  generations  to  come 
prove  a  blessing  to  Chicago. 

In  the  councils  of  the  Sanitary  Board,  Mr.  Mallette  is  regarded 
by  his  associates  as  the  most  valued  member  of  that  body,  and 
if  he  can  again  be  induced  to  become  a  candidate  in  1900,  the 
public  will  rally  to  his  assistance  as  they  have  found  in  him  a 
very  valuable  public  servant  in  the  past. 

Mr.  James  P.  Mallette  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  October 
17,  1851.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
his  native  city,  and  graduated  from  the  latter  mentioned  school 
with  high  honors.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two  years  he  came  to 
Chicago,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He  first  became 

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engaged  in  the  wholesale  woodenware  business,  and  later  on 
became  engaged  in  the  furniture  manufacturing  business,  the 
factory  being  located  on  Canal  street.  While  in  this  latter  busi- 
ness he  first  began  his  operations  in  real  estate.  In  1884,  he  dis- 
posed of  the  furniture  business  and  concluded  to  give  his  entire 
time  and  attention  to  real  estate.  He  organized  the  firm  of  J. 
P.  Mallette  &  Company.  Associated  with  him  were  Mr.  II.  E. 
Brownell  as  a  general  partner,  and  Mr.  C.  B.  Eggleston  as  a  spe- 
cial partner.  These  three  comprised  the  famous  and  well-known 
real  estate  firm  of  Eggleston,  Mallette  &  Brownell,  and  were 
identified  with  some  of  the  finest  subdivisions  and  resident  pro- 
perty in  the  vicinity  of  Chicago,  two  of  the  most  notable  subdi- 
visions being  Eggleston  and  Auburn  Park  In  the  two  latter 
mentioned  Mr.  Mallette  and  his  associates  spent  over  three  quar- 
ters of  a  million  dollars  in  street  improvements  alone,  making  of 
both  what  is  considered  the  handsomest  residence  districts  in  or 
about  Chicago. 

Owing  to  the  decrease  in  value  of  real  estate  in  Chicago,  Mr. 
Mallette  has  not  made  any  extra  effort  to  push  his  real  estate  on 
the  market.  Yet  he  is  always  open  for  business  in  the  shape  of 
a  sale  or  trade  in  the  real  estate  line. 

Mr.  James  P.  Mallette  has  been  a  lifelong  devoted  Repub- 
lican, and  for  years  has  rendered  very  valuable  services  to  his 
party.  In  politics,  as  in  a  commercial  line,  he  will  not  for  one 
moment  tolerate  anything  that  is  not  strictly  honorable.  He 
clearly  demonstrated  his  popularity  when  he  was  elected  Sani- 
tary Trustee  of  Chicago,  by  running  right  up  in  the  front  rank 
of  his  ticket,  and  leading  many  of  his  running  mates  by  several 
thousand  votes. 

Mr.  Mallette  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  for  several  years 
served  as  president  of  the  Home  Club  at  Englewood  (a  social 
organization).  He  is  also  vestryman  of  Trinity  Reformed  Epis- 
copal Church,  of  Englewood,  and  resides  with  his  extremely 
happy  family  of  six  children  at  Eggleston. 


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FRANK  ORREN  LOWDEN. 
A  talented  Lawyer  of  remarkable  ability. 


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FRANK   ORREN  LOWDEN. 


A    TALENTED    LAWYER    OF    REMARKABLE    ABILITY. 

A    REPUBLICAN    OF     THE    PURE 

SCHOOL. 


Mr.  Frank  Orren  Lowden  is  recognized  by  the  legal  profes- 
sion and  bar,  not  alone  of  Chicago  but  the  entire  State  of 
Illinois,  as  a  talented  lawyer  of  remarkable  ability. 

His  intimate  knowledge  of  corporation  law  and  his  method  of 
handling  large  corporate  interests  has  made  him  much  sought  for 
as  attorney  for  large  chartered  concerns. 

The  career  of  Mr.  Frank  Orren  Lowden  is  full  of  valuable 
lessons  to  the  young  men  of  America.  When  only  a  youth, 
while  assisting  his  father  as  a  farmer's  boy  of  all  work,  he  made 
up  his  mind  to  become  a  lawyer,  and  his  determination  and  spirit 
in  this  direction  was  indeed  a  true  personification  of  that  of 
Chicago ,  which  finds  eloquent  expression  in  the  brief  declaration, 
"I  will." 

Mr.  Frank  Orren  Lowden,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  comes  of 
very  good  old  Revolutionary  stock.  His  great  grandfather,  Joshua 
Lowden,  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  his  grandmother's  father, 
who  was  John  Lummis,  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  The 
mother  of  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch  also  came  of  Revolu- 
tionary stock  on  her  mother's  side  of  the  family. 

Mr.  Frank  Orren  Lowden,  who  is  as  patriotic  as  any  of  his 
ancestors,  was  born  in  Sunrise  City,  Minnesota,  January  26, 
1861,  his  parents  being  Lorenzo  Orren  and  Nancy  Elizabeth 
(Breg)  Lowden.  In  the  fall  of  1868  the  father  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  removed  with  his  family  to  Point  Pleasant,  Hardin 
County,  Iowa. 

At  the  time  of  his  removal  to  Iowa,  Frank  Orren  Lowden  was 
only  seven  years  of  age.  During  his  early  youth  he  attended  the 
common  schools  in  winter,  and  in  the  summer  months  assisted  in 
the  cultivation  and  development  of  the  home  farm.  At  fifteen 

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he  began  teaching  school  in  Hardin  County.  While  acting  as 
teacher  he  prepared  himself  for  college,  and  in  September,  1881, 
entered  the  Freshman  class  of  the  Iowa  State  University.  He 
was  graduated  in  June,  1885,  as  valedictorian  of  his  class. 

His  college  course  completed,  Mr.  Lowden  secured  a  position 
as  teacher  of  Latin  and  mathematics  in  the  high  school  of  Burling- 
ton, Iowa.  Here,  during  his  leisure  hours,  he  engaged  in  the 
study  of  law.  In  July,  1886,  he  came  to  Chicago  and  entered 
the  law  office  of  Messrs.  Dexter,  Herrick  &  Allen.  Simultan- 
enously  he  became  a  student  in  the  Union  College  of  Law,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  July,  1887.  He  was  Valedictorian  of  his 
law  class,  and  received  the  first  prize  for  his  oration  and  the  first 
prize  for  scholarship.  He  remained  with  Dexter,  Herrick  & 
Allen  three  years  after  his  graduation  from  the  law  school. 

In  July,  1890,  Mr.  Lowden  entered  into  partnership  with 
Emery  S.  Walker.  In  May,  1892,  he  became  a  partner  of  Wil- 
liam B.  Keep,  and  was  associated  with  him  until  September  1, 
1893.  From  this  time  he  practiced  his  profession  alone  until 
March  1,  1898,  when  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Low- 
den, Estabrook  &  Davis.  Almost  from  the  outset  of  his  prac- 
tice he  was  recognized  as  a  very  able  lawyer  of  remarkable 
ability. 

Mr.  Lowden  is  first  vice-president  of  the  Hamilton  Club  and 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Calumet  Club,  the  Chicago,  Union 
League,  Washington  Park,  Marquette,  the  Chicago  Literary,  the 
Sunset,  Saddle  and  Cycle,  Chicago  Golf  and  the  Thousand  Islands 
Yacht  Clubs. 

He  is  a  member  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  belongs  to  two  college 
fraternities,  the  Beta  Theta  Pi  and  Phi  Delta  Phi,  and  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Law  Club,  of  which  he  served  as  president  for  one 
term,  and  holds  membership  in  the  Chicago,  Illinois  Statue  and 
American  Bar  Associations.  He  is  a  trustee  of  Central  Church, 
and  in  politics  is  a  Republican. 

Mr.  Lowden  was  married  on  the  29th  of  April,  1896,  to  Miss 
Florence  Pullman.  They  have  two  children. 


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CHARLES  H.  ALDRICH. 
Ex-Solicitor  General,  who  is  a  Lawyer  of  remarkable  ability. 


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HON.   CHARLES  H.   ALDRICH. 


FORMER  SOLICITOR  GENERAL,   A  POPULAR  REPUBLICAN  AND  A 
LAWYER  OF  FOREMOST  RANK  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


Hon.  Charles  H.  Aldrich  is  one  of  the  most  popular  clean  cut 
Republicans  in  Illinois,  and  besides  this  he  stands  in  the  front 
rank  of  the  leading  lawyers  in  the  United  States. 

The  career  of  such  a  man  as  former  Solicitor  General  Charles 
H.  Aldrich  is  full  of  lessons  to  the  young  men  of  America.  His 
spirit  is  a  personification  of  that  of  Chicago,  which  finds  eloquent 
expression  in  the  brief  declaration,  "I  will."  His  distinction 
has  been  won  by  the  exercise  of  those  admirable  qualities  of 
industry  and  integrity,  without  which  not  even  the  most  gifted  men 
may  hope  for  permanent  success.  He  has  honored  the  exalted 
place  to  which  he  has  been  called,  and  in  so  doing  has  shed  luster 
on  the  bar  of  his  adopted  city. 

Mr.  Aldrich  is  remotely  of  English  descent.  His  father  was 
Hamilton  Metcalf,  and  his  mother  Harriet  (Sherwood)  Aldrich, 
and  were  natives  of  Indiana,  whither  the  parents  of  the  former 
had  come  from  Vermont,  and  the  parents  of  the  latter  from  New 
York.  The  families  of  Aldrich  and  Sherwood,  from  which  they 
descended,  had  been  farmers  for  generations  The  father  of  Mr. 
Charles  H.  Aldrich  was  a  farmer,  and  it  was  as  a  farmer's  boy-of- 
all-work  that  the  Ex-Solicitor  General  passed  the  days  of  his 
childhood  and  youth.  By  the  time  he  was  sixteen  he  had  done  a 
good  deal  of  hard  work,  and  had  mastered  such  education  as  was 
afforded  by  the  common  schools  in  his  neighborhood.  At  that 
time  his  parents  removed  from  La  Grange  County,  Indiana, 
where  he  had  been  born  August  26,  1850,  to  Orlando,  Steuben 
County,  Indiana,  to  secure  for  their  children  better  educational 
advantages. 

After  a  course  at  the  Orlando  Seminary  young  Aldrich 
entered  the  high  school  at  Coldwater,  Michigan,  and  later  at  Ann 
Arbor,  to  prepare  for  college,  and  was  graduated  at  the  latter 

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place  in  1871.  That  year  he  entered  the  University  of  Michi- 
gan, classical  course,  and  was  graduated  therefrom  in  1875.  His 
standing  in  college  is  attested  by  many  complimentary  letters 
written  by  the  president  and  members  of  the  faculty  of  that 
institution,  which  has  lately  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts. 

Before  he  had  been  a  year  out  of  college  Mr.  Aldrich  began 
the  practice  -of  law  at  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  and  soon  took  high 
rank  at  the  bar  of  that  state.  In  1884  he  was  urged  to  become 
a  candidate  for  the  office  of  Attorney  General  of  Indiana,  and 
though  he  did  not  visit  a  place  in  the  state  in  the  interest  of  his 
Candida* ;y,  he  lacked  but  few  votes  of  receiving  the  nomination. 
This  was  significant  of  the  fame  as  a  lawyer  and  the  popularity 
as  a  citizen  which  he  had  attained. 

Two  years  later  Mr.  Aldrich  removed  to  Chicago,  and  almost 
from  the  outset  of  his  practice  here  was  recognized  as  one  of  the 
ablest  lawyers  at  the  bar.  He  first  came  into  national  promi- 
nence by  his  connection  with  the  cases  of  the  United  States 
against  the  Central  Pacific  and  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad 
Companies,  and  his  tiumph  later  in  the  case  of  the  United  States 
against  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  Company  and  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Company,  in  which  he  was  opposed  by  some  of 
the  leading  counsels  of  America,  gave  him  added  professional 
eminence. 

These  achievements  led  indirectly  to  his  selection  as  Solicitor 
General  of  the  United  States  to  succeed  Hon.  William  H.  Taft, 
who  had  been  appointed  a  Judge  of  the  United  States  Circuit 
Court  of  Appeals. 

This  office  of  high  responsibility  Mr.  Aldrich  held  from 
March,  1892,  to  June,  1893.  Upon  his  retirement  he  resumed 
his  private  practice  in  Chicago,  and  he  has  since  been  engaged  in 
many  important  cases  in  these  and  other  courts. 

Members  of  the  bar,  without  dissent,  testify  to  Mr.  Aldrich's 
high  standing  as  a  lawyer,  and  it  is  a  significant  fact  that  he  has 
for  several  years  derived  a  large  income  for  his  services  as 
counsel  in  important  cases. 

His  intimate  knowledge  of  corporation  law  and  the  method  of 
handling  large  corporate  interests  has  made  him  much  sought  for 
as  attorney  for  large  chartered  concerns,  but  he  has  in  all 
cases  declined  engagements  by  the  year  with  such  companies 

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preferring  the  more  independent  course  of  selecting  his  busi- 
ness. 

His  efficiency  as  a  lawyer  is  attributed  to  several  causes.  The 
first  is  the  careful  preparation  of  his  cases.  To  this  may  be  added 
his  careful  preparation  of  himself  for  every  work  in  hand;  his 
reading  in  any  case  always  exceeds  the  limits  of  the  case  itself, 
and  his  appearance  always  at  the  bar  of  the  court  ready  for  any 
emergency  that  may  arise.  Beyond  these  his  great  ability  as  a 
trial  lawyer,  for  such  it  is  conceded  that  he  has  few,  if  any, 
superiors  at  the  bar.  Beyond  and  above  all  combined  is  his  sin- 
cerity of  purpose,  for  to  him  a  belief  in  the  justice  of  his  cause 
is  essential,  and  believing  in  it  thoroughly,  he  presents  it  in  a 
manner  which  is  little  likely  to  meet  defeat  from  mere  tricksters 
and  triflers  with  the  law. 

Mr.  Aldrich  is  popular  with  the  leaders  of  his  profession  not 
only  in  Chicago,  but  throughout  the  United  States.  He  has 
served  as  president  of  the  Chicago  Law  Club,  and  has  served 
on  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Chicago  Law  Institute.  He  served 
as  first  vice-president  of  the  Union  League  Club,  and  on  the 
political  action  committee  of  said  club.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
State  and  National  Bar  Associations. 

Mr.  Aldrich  is  a  devoted  Republican  of  the  pure  school,  he 
has  read  widely  in  science  and  literature,  and  gives  special  atten- 
tion to  all  questions  involving  the  happiness  and  prosperity  of 
the  people.  He  is  domestic  in  his  tastes,  and  finds  the  greatest 
happiness  at  his  own  fireside.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Helen 
Roberts,  a  lady  of  much  personal  attractiveness  and  many  accom- 
plishments, to  whose  sympathy  and  encouragement  he  attributes 
his  success  in  life.  They  have  a  family  of  one  son  and  two 
daughters. 


GEORGE  W.  DIXON. 
The  distinguished  Lawyer  and  successful  Business  Man. 


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GEOKGE  W.  DIXON. 


THE    EMINENT    YOUNG    LAWYER,    AND    SUCCESSFUL    BUSINESS 

MAN,    WHO    COMMANDS    THE    HIGHEST    RESPECT 

OF    THE    LEGAL    AND    COMMERCIAL 

FRATERNITIES    OF    CHICAGO. 


Mr.  George  W.  Dixon  is  one  of  the  most  widely  known  and 
highly  respected  members  of  the  legal  profession  in- Chicago,  and 
in  commercial  circles  ranks  very  high  as  a  successful  business 
man. 

Mr.  Dixon  was  born  in  Chicago,  his  parents  being  Arthur 
and  (Ann  Carson)  Dixon.  He  acquired  his  alementary  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Chicago,  where  he  won  the  medal  prize 
for  scholarship. 

He  was  graduated  from  the  West  Division  High  School  with 
the  class  of  1885,  having  completed  the  course  in  three  years.  He 
then  entered  the  Northwestern  University  of  Evanston,  where  he 
was  graduated  a  "Bachelor  of  Arts"  in  1889.  He  was  chosen 
one  of  the  orators  at  the  commencement  exercises,  and  won 
much  praise  for  the  able  manner  in  which  he  handled  his  subject, 
"Social  problems  of  a  great  city."  He  completed  the  law  course 
in  the  same  institution  in  the  class  of  1892,  and  was  elected 
president  of  the  class  which  he  represented  before  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  State  of  Illinois. 

After  graduating  Mr.  Dixon  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  fraternity. 

Besides  devoting  some  time  to  the  practice  of  law,  Mr.  Dixon 
is  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Arthur  Dixon  Transfer  Com- 
pany, which  is  the  largest  firm  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States. 
The  immense  detail  of  this  tremendous  concern  would  in  itself 
necessitate  the  entire  time  of  more  than  the  ordinary  intelligent 
man,  yet  Mr.  Dixon  seems  to  handle  it  with  apparent  ease,  aside 
from  his  law  business. 

The  thorough  early  business  training  which  he  received  from 

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his  father  in  connection  with  this  enormous  transfer  company, 
has  aided  yoong  Mr.  Dixon,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  very  largely 
to  become  the  competent  and  successful  business  man  which  he 
is  today. 

In  the  commercial  world  of  this  great  city,  he  ranks  very 
high  as  a  thorough  business  man.. 

Mr.  Dixon  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Hamilton  and 
Union  League  Clubs,  Chicago  Athletic  Association,  and  the 
Chicago  Tennis  Club. 

He  is  a  32nd  degree  Mason,  and  member  of  the  Apollo  Com- 
mandery  Knight  Templars.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Trinity 
Methodist  Church. 

While  Mr.  Dixon  is  a  member  of  several  social  and  political 
clubs,  yet  the  one  which  he  refers  to  with  most  pride  is  the 
"Hamilton  Club".  He  has  been  connected  with  that  organiza- 
tion from  its  infancy,  and  has  creditably  and  successfully  filled 
the  offices  of  secretary,  director  and  chairman  of  the  political 
action  committee,  at  various  times.  He  has  been  largely  instru- 
mental in  placing  the  club  in  the  pre-eminent  position  it  now 
occupies. 

Mr.  Dixon  was  Chairman  of  the  political  action  committee 
during  the  memorable  campaign  of  1898,  when  the  Republi- 
can party  won  such  a  splendid  victory  in  Cook  County,  and  it  was 
while  acting  in  that  capacity  that  he  rendered  his  most  valuable 
services  to  the  club,  and  the  Republican  party  in  general.  During 
that  campaign  the  Hamilton  Club  done  very  effective  work  for 
the  Republican  party  of  Cook  County. 

He  was  urged  to  become  a  candidate  for  president  of  the 
Hamilton  Club  at  its  last  election  of  officers  which  was  held  in 
May.  He  declined  to  allow  his  name  to  be  mentioned  up  to  a  few 
days  before  election,  and  when  the  result  was  announced  he  was 
the  first  man  to  move  to  make  the  election  of  his  opponent 
unanimous,  which  was  done.  The  honorable  clean  cut  campaign 
which  was  conducted  by  Mr.  Dixon,  has  won  for  him  many  warm 
friends  in  the  "Hamilton  Club." 

Mr.  Dixon  was  chosen  secretary  of  the  Peace  Jubilee  banquet, 
held  at  the  Auditorium  in  October,  1898.  This  was  the  great- 
est banquet  ever  held  in  Chicago. 

For  Mr.  George  W.  Dixon,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  we 
predict  a  deservedly  bright  future. 

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HON.  BERNARD   A.  ECKHART. 

Former  President  of  the  Great  American  Waterway  known  as  the 
Sanitary  District  of  Chicago. 


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HON.  BERNARD  A.   ECKHART. 


SANITARY    TRUSTEE    WHO    COMMANDS    THE    HIGHEST    RESPECT 

AND    MOST    IMPLICIT    CONFIDENCE 

OF    THE    PUBLIC. 


Hon.  Bernard  A.  Eckhart  is  a  man  whom,  as  a  private  citi- 
zen, a  business  man  and  public  official,  Chicago  may  well  be 
proud.  The  career  of  Mr.  Eckhart  from  early  boyhood  up  to 
the  present  day  is  full  of  valuable  lessons  to  the  young  men  of 
America.  He  is  an  honest,  energetic  exponent  of  civic  patriot- 
ism, always  keeping  pace  with  the  progress  of  his  home  city  and 
ever  ready  to  promote  its  welfare.  He  is  alert  as  a  public  offi- 
cial in  protecting  the  interests  of  the  tax  payers.  As  president 
of  the  Drainage  Board  he  made  a  record  that  won  the  unqualified 
approval  of  every  honest  man  in  Cook  County.  To  Mr.  Eck- 
hart's  splendid  business  tact,  unimpeachable  honesty  and  economy, 
is  largely  due  the  successful  achievement  of  that  great  American 
water  way  known  as  the  Drainage  Canal. 

Mr.  Eckhart  was  born  in  Alsace,  France,  and  was  brought  to 
America  by  his  parents  when  but  an  infant.  They  settled 
on  a  farm  in  Vernon  County,  Wisconsin,  and  it  was  here  that 
Mr.  Bernard  A.  Eckhart,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  spent  his 
youthful  happy  days,  and  it  was  here,  while  still  in  his  youth, 
that  the  bright  intellectual  brain  of  this  splendid  statesman  and 
successful  business  man  developed. 

He  was  educated  at  a  leading  educational  institution  in  Mil- 
waukee, from  whence  he  graduated  with  high  honors.  His  busi- 
ness career  began  in  1886,  when  he  started  out  to  fight  the 
battles  of  life,  the  first  positon  which  he  obtained  being  that  of  a 
bookkeeper.  Subsequently  he  entered  into  partnership  with 
the  famous  flour  milling  man,  Mr.  James  Swan,  and  from  that 
time  on  their  enterprise  flourished,  which  soon  became  and  is 
to-day  the  largest  flour  milling  concern  in  this  city,  the  firm 
name  which  is  widely  known  as  Eckhart  &  Swan. 

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Mr.  Eckhart  has  always  been  a  Republican  in  politics  and  has 
taken  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs.  He  made  the  subject 
of  waterways  a  special  study  and  was  appointed  a  delegate  to  the 
Waterways  Convention  which  was  held  in  St.  Paul  in  1884.  In 
1886  he  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate  on  the  Republican  ticket 
and  served  in  the  thirty-fifth  and  thirty-sixth  general  assemblies. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  senate  commission  to  investigate  the 
subject  of  pure  water  and  perfect  drainage  for  Chicago,  and 
in  this  connection  rendered  very  valuable  services  to  the  entire 
population  of  this  city,  and  it  was  largely  through  his  untiring 
efforts  that  the  bill  creating  the  drainage  canal  system  was  first 
passed  in  the  state  legislature.  Mr.  Eckhart  during  his  term  in 
the  state  senate  was  the  author  of  several  important  bills  which 
through  his  efforts  became  a  law,  among  which  was  the  bill  for 
refunding  the  West  Park  bonds,  the  bill  for  suppression  of 
"bucket  shops,"  the  state  supervision  of  building  and  loan 
associations  and  the  bill  requiring  street  railway  companies  to 
secure  consent  of  property  owners  before  using  streets.  It  can 
readily  be  seen  that  Mr.  Bernard  A.  Eckhart  served  not  alone 
the  people  of  Chicago  faithfully  but  the  entire  state,  while  a 
member  of  that  high  legislative  body  known  as  the  Illinois 
State  Senate. 

Mr.  Eckhart  was  elected  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Sanitary  District  of  Chicago  in  1891,  and  the  high  esteem  in 
which  he  is  held  by  the  citizens  of  Chicago  can  be  best  demon- 
strated from  the  fact  that  he  ran  10,000  votes  ahead  of  his  ticket. 
He  was  afterwards  elected  president  of  that  body  and  his  record 
while  acting  in  that  capacity  won  for  himself  and  the  Republican 
party  which  nominated  and  elected  him,  high  honor,  which 
served  as  a  source  of  gratification  to  his  many  friends  and 
admirers. 

During  the  memorable  mayoral  campaign  of  1899,  Mr.  Eck- 
hart was  chosen  as  campaign  manager  for  the  Hon.  Z.  R.  Carter, 
who  was  the  Republican  nominee  for  mayor,  and  in  this  capacity 
as  in  all  others  he  displayed  great  ability  and  tact,  which  was 
recognized  by  all  whom  he  came  in  contact  with,  as  well  as  the 
press  of  Chicago,  and  no  doubt  exists  but  his  efforts  in  this  direc- 
tion would  have  proven  victorious  under  ordinary  circumstances. 

Mr.  Eckhart  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  First  Regiment, 
I.  N.  G. ,  and  for  several  years  he  held  a  commission  in  that 

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command.  For  three  years  he  was  a  director  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  and  has  been  a  director  of  the  Globe  National  Bank  since 
its  organization. 

Mr.  Eckhart  is  the  class  of  man  that  never  seeks  office,  but 
the  office  has  often  sought  him;  his  name  has  frequently  been 
mentioned  for  mayor  of  Chicago,  and  several  other  high  offices 
within  the  gift  of  the  people  of  this  state,  and  from  present 
indications  it  is  not  at  all  unlikely  that  he  will  be  called  upon  to 
become  the  standard  bearer  of  the  Republican  party  in  the  near 
future  for  a  much  more  exalted  position  than  that  of  Drainage 
Trustee,  which  he  holds  to-day. 

Mr.  Eckhart  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  Illinois  and 
Mencken  Clubs  and  is  a  vestryman  and  treasurer  of  St.  Paul's 
Reformed  Episcopal  Church.  His  past,  private  and  political 
life  is  one  to  be  proud  of  and  before  him  stands  a  very  bright 
and  promising  future. 


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THE  LATE  LAMENTED  HOPE  REED  CODY. 

Who  was  Chairman  of  Election  Commissioners,  and  Ex-President 
of  the  Hamilton  Club. 


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THE  LATE  LAMENTED  HOPE  REED  CODY. 


CHAIRMAN     OF    THE     ELECTION     COMMISSIONERS     AND    FORMER 
PRESIDENT    OF    THE    HAMILTON    CLUB. 


IN    LIFE    HE    WAS    LOVED    BY    ALL    WHO    KNEW    HIM,   AND    IN 
DEATH    HIS    MEMORY    IS  FRESH  AND  FADELESS. 


The  late  lamented  Hope  Reed  Cody,  who  was  called  to  an 
untimely  grave  while  budding  out  of  the  prime  of  young  man- 
hood, though  dead  and  returned  to  mother  clay,  which  is  the 
doom  of  all  men,  his  memory  lives  as  fresh  and  green  in  the 
hearts  of  all  who  knew  him  as  the  flowers  that  were  strewn  on 
his  grave. 

To  the  many  who  had  the  pleasure  of  his  intimate  acquaint- 
ance in  life  it  seemed  almost  cruel  to  see  one  of  the  most  remark- 
ably brilliant  young  men  in  Chicago  placed  beneath  the  clay  at 
the  age  of  twenty-nine.  If  the  life  history  of  this  brilliant  young 
lawyer  and  famous  orator  was  written  it  would  prove  a  grand 
example  or  lesson  for  the  young  men  of  America  to  study.  He 
was  a  noble  soul,  full  of  kindness,  unassuming,  gentle  and  mod- 
est, but  thoroughly  patriotic.  Yet  as  brilliant  a  genius  of  his 
years  as  ever  lived  in  our  midst.  The  death  of  Mr.  Hope  Reed 
Cody  took  from  Chicago  one  of  her  brightest  and  most  promis- 
ing young  men,  and  from  his  bereaved  and  grief  stricken  family 
a  priceless  jewel,  a  kind  husband  and  father,  a  loving  and  devoted 
son,  and  a  noble  and  affectionate  brother. 

The  news  of  his  death  was  indeed  hard  to  bear  by  his  affec- 
tionate wife  and  child,  as  well  as  his  aged  parents,  his  four  sis- 
ters and  two  brothers,  all  of  whom  reside  in  this  city. 

Hope  Reed  Cody  was  born  at  Naperville,  Illinois,  April  14th, 
1870,  the  youngest  son  of  Hiram  H.  and  P.  E.  (Sedgwick)  Cody. 
His  father  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Du  Page  County,  and 
served  that  county  as  its  County  Clerk,  County  Judge,  and  after- 
wards was  for  many  years  Circuit  Judge  of  the  Twelfth  Judicial 

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District,  which  comprises  the  counties  adjacent  and  contiguous 
to  Cook  County.  Judge  Cody  was  also  a  member  of  the  Illinois 
Constitutional  Convention  in  1870. 

Hope  Reed  Cody  obtained  his  early  education  as  a  student  at 
the  Northwestern  College,  at  Naperville,  from  which  institution 
he  graduated  in  1888,  obtaining  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Science.  He  was  the  youngest  student  who,  up  to  that  time,  had 
ever  graduated  from  that  college  and  was  president  of  his  class. 
For  a  brief  period  after  his  graduation  he  worked  as  a  reporter 
upon  the  staff  of  the  Chicago  Times,  resigning  that  position  to 
enter  the  Union  College  of  Law  (the  Law  Department  of  North- 
western University),  graduating  from  the  law  college  in  1890, 
but  was,  on  account  of  his  youth,  compelled  to  wait  until  April, 
1891,  before  he  could  obtain  his  license  from  the  Supreme  Court 
to  practice  law.  In  1891  he  became  an  active  member  of  the 
well-known  law  firm  of  Hiram  H.  Cody  &  Sons,  composed  of 
former  Judge  Hiram  H.  Cody,  Arthur  B.  Cody  and  Hope  Reed 
Cody.  The  extensive  business  of  the  well-known  law  firm  is 
conducted  under  the  management  of  Arthur  B.  Cody,  who  is  a 
distinguished  and  very  able  lawyer. 

Although  coming  from  Democratic  stock,  upon  reaching 
years  of  discretion  Mr.  Cody  became  a  pronounced  Republican, 
and  took  an  active  part  in  the  Republican  politics  of  Cook 
County.  In  March,  1898,  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Ham- 
ilton Club,  the  leading  Republican  club  of  the  West,  and  under 
his  administration  the  club  not  only  tripled  its  membership  but 
paid  off  a  debt  of  more  than  $7,000,  in  addition  to  contributing 
liberally  from  its  treasury  towards  the  Republican  campaigns  of 
the  fall  of  1898  and  the  spring  of  1899.  His  record  in  this 
organization  constituted  a  signal  triumph  and  evidenced  the 
power  of  intellect  and  heart  which  would  have  made  possible  a 
brilliant  career  in  the  higher  places  of  political  preferment. 

In  December,  1898,  Mr.  Cody  was  appointed  by  Judge  Orrin 
N.  Carter  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Election  Commissioners  of 
the  City  of  Chicago  and  Town  of  Cicero,  and  was  immediately 
elected  chairman  of  that  board,  which  position  he  occupied  until 
his  death,  November  7th,  1899. 

Mr.  Cody  was  a  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  National  Union,  Royal  Arcanum,  the  Royal  League  and 
the  Phi  Delta  Phi  Fraternity.  In  1897  he  was  electcl  regent  of 

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the  Garden  City  Council,  No.  202,  Royal  Arcanum,  being  the 
largest  Council  west  of  New  York,  numbering  over  thirteen 
hundred  members,  and  in  the  history  of  that  Council  covering  a 
period  of  seventeen  years  he  was  the  only  regent  who  was  ever 
honored  by  re-election.  He  was  also  prominent  in  club  and 
social  life,  being  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club,  Chicago 
Athletic  Association,  the  Hamilton,  Marquette  and  Law  Clubs. 

In  religion  Mr.  Cody  was  a  Congregationalist  and  a  member 
of  Plymouth  Church.  In  1893  he  was  married  to  Miss  Alta  Vir- 
ginia Houston,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  one  of  the  leaders  in  the 
select  musical  circles  of  that  city.  At  the  time  of  their  marriage 
Mrs.  Cody  was  the  contralto  soloist  at  the  Union  Park  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Chicago.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cody  had  one  child, 
Arthur  Houston  Cody,  now  nearly  five  years  of  age. 

Mr.  Cody's  death  occurred  at  the  Chicago  Hospital,  near  his 
residence,  340  Oakwood  Boulevard,  on  the  7th  cf  November, 
1899,  after  an  operation  for  appendicitis,  following  an  illness  of 
about  two  weeks.  Funeral  services  were  held  at  Plymouth 
Church,  Chicago,  November  9th,  at  which  addresses  were  made 
by  Rev.  F.  W.  Gunsaulus,  D.  D.,  Judge  Orrin  N.  Carter  and 
Hon.  James  R.  Mann.  No  young  man  ever  passed  away  in  Chi- 
cago to  receive  such  marked  respect  for  his  memory  as  was  shown 
at  these  services.  Mr.  Cody  was  interred  at  Naperville,  Illinois. 

Mr.  Cody's  death  was  a  great  shock  and  surprise  to  the  pub- 
lic. Extended  newspaper  notices,  both  biographical  and  editor- 
ial, were  given  him.  A  memorial  meeting  was  held  by  the 
Hamilton  Club,  at  which  numerous  addresses  by  its  prominent 
members  attested  the  unusual  affection  they  had  for  him  and 
the  wonderful  hold  he  had  upon  the  minds  and  hearts  of  the 
members. 

Resolutions  were  adopted  by  various  societies  to  which  he 
belonged,  and  the  general  expression  of  sorrow  showed  how  wide 
was  his  acquaintance  with  the  public  and  what  heartfelt  grief 
was  felt  at  his  death.  Few  men  at  the  age  of  twenty-nine  have 
reached  the  prominent  place  in  public  life  attained  by  Mr.  Cody. 

The  politicians  will  miss  him  because  of  his  fair  and  impar- 
tial rulings;  the  Hamilton  Club  will  for  years  mourn  his  loss, 
as  he  was  the  leading  light  of  that  grand  organization,  while  his 
friends  and  numerous  acquaintances  will  ever  remember  him  as 
the  grandest  and  noblest  soul  that  has  departed  from  their  midst. 

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E.  M.  CRAIG. 

Who  made  the  Cook  County  Republican  Marching-  Club  famous 
as  its  President 


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HON.  EDWARD  MARSHALL  CRAIG. 


PRESIDENT  OF  THE  FAMOUS  COOK  COUNTY  REPUBLICAN 
MARCHING  CLUB. 


To  Mr.  Edward  Marshall  Craig  belongs  more  credit  for  the 
building  up  of  that  grand  and  far  famed  organization  known  as 
the  Cook  County  Republican  Marching  Club  than  to  any  other 
member  of  that  body. 

Mr.  Craig  has  been  very  prominently  identified  with  the  club 
during  its  six  years  of  existence.  He  was  the  first  financial  sec- 
retary elected  by  the  club,  which  position  he  held  for  three  years. 
He  has  served  as  president  of  the  club  since  July,  1897,  and 
under  his  management  the  club  succeeded  in  paying  off  a  debt  of 
$1,600  inside  of  six  months,  and  assumed  the  position  of  sound 
prosperous  financial  basis  in  which  it  has  remained  ever  since. 

Mr.  E.  M.  Craig  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  1, 
1860.  His  parents,  who  were  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  were 
both  of  Scottish  descent,  and  came  to  America  in  1842.  His 
father,  Benjamin  Craig,  was  greatly  attached  to  the  old  volun- 
teer fire  department  of  Philadelphia,  of  which  he  was  a  member. 
He  was  also  prominent  in  Republican  politics,  and  conducted  a 
very  extensive  dyeing  establishment  in  that  city. 

The  mother  of  Mr.  E.  M.  Craig,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
died  when  he  was  only  five  years  of  age,  and  his  father  passed 
away  when  E.  M.  was  only  sixteen,  leaving  a  heavily  encum- 
bered estate  to  his  seven  children,  five  boys  and  two  girls. 

At  the  early  age  of  fourteen  Mr.  Craig  was  compelled  to 
leave  the  public  school  which  he  was  attending  and  commence 
the  battles  of  life,  the  first  position  which  he  obtained  being  in 
the  law  office  of  John  Sparhawk,  the  then  prominent  attorney  of 
Philadelphia,  where  he  remained  for  three  years.  After  this 
young  Craig  drifted  into  various  positions,  chiefly  on  account  of 
the  fact  that  they  brought  him  a  larger  salary,  having  worked  in 
a  wheel  and  spoke  factory,  woolen  mills,  stone  yards,  flour  and 
feed  stores,  and  at  the  livery  business.  At  the  age  of  nineteen 

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Mr.  E.  M.  Craig  commenced  to  learn  the  steam  fitting  business,  and 
worked  at  that  trade  in  his  native  city  up  to  1890.  He  served 
as  president  of  the  Steam  Fitters'  Union  in  Philadelphia  for  the 
term  of  one  year. 

Mr.  Craig  continued  in  the  employ  of  Jos.  P.  Woods  &  Co., 
from  whom  he  learned  his  trade,  and  had  charge  of  the  work  in 
some  of  the  largest  buildings  in  Philadelphia  and  the  surrounding 
cities  for  the  said  firm  up  to  the  time  he  left  that  city. 

Mr.  E.  M.  Craig  received  his  first  political  lesson  in  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  stumped  the  city  for  that  noted  statesman, 
James  G.  Elaine,  in  1884.  He  was  at  that  time  a  member  of 
the  ward  committee.  He  organized  what  was  known  as  the  West 
End  Republican  Club  of  the  Eighteenth  Ward,  which  was  three 
hundred  strong  in  1886,  and  was  president  of  the  same  until  he 
left  that  city. 

In  1888  Mr.  Craig  was  elected  member  of  the  Pennsylvania 
State  Legislature  from  the  Sixteenth  district  of  Philadelphia.  The 
district  which  he  represented  comprised  the  great  shipbuilding 
interests  of  that  city,  and  was  known  as  the  great  factory  district 
of  Kensington,  which  was  commonly  called  ' '  Fish  Town "  on 
account  of  the  large  number  of  fishermen  that  resided  in  the 
district. 

While  in  the  Legislature  Mr.  Craig  watched  very  closely 
after  the  immense  interests  of  his  district,  and  succeeded  in 
defeating  several  obnoxious  fishing  bills  which  came  before  that 
body.  He  was  at  all  times  the  avowed  friend  of  union  labor, 
and  his  vote  was  always  cast  in  that  direction  while  in  the  Penn- 
sylvania State  Legislature. 

Mr.  Craig  came  to  Chicago,  March  14,  1890,  to  fill  the  posi- 
tion as  western  agent  for  Pierce,  Butler  &  Pierce  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  manufacturers  of  steam  and 
hot  water  material.  Mr.  Craig  was  in  charge  of  the  western 
office  in  Chicago  for  this  firm  up  to  1893,  at  which  time  they 
consolidated  with  others  and  formed  what  is  known  as  the  Ameri- 
can Boiler  Company,  which  was  then  the  largest  concern  of  its 
kind  in  the  United  States.  Mr.  Craig  managed  and  had  charge 
of  the  Cook  County  department  of  this  immense  firm  up  to 
April,  1897,  when  he  resigned  to  engage  in  the  heating  contract- 
ing business  for  himself,  confining  his  operations  to  fine  residence 
and  apartment  buildings. 


In  July,  1898,  Mr.  Craig  was  elected  secretary  and  general 
manager  of  the  Master  Steam  Fitters'  Association  of  Chicago,  and 
was  again  re-elected  without  opposition  in  July,  1899.  He  is 
also  secretary  of  the  Western  League  of  Master  Steam  Fitters, 
composed  of  all  legitimate  steam  fitters  west  of  the  Allegheny 
Mountains. 

Mr.  Craig  has  been  frequently  called  upon  to  act  as  arbitrator 
between  union  men  and  contractors.  He  is  considered  an  expert 
in  this  line  throughout  the  West.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Mad- 
den Conference  Committee  which  recently  met  to  adjust  the  labor 
troubles,  and  in  this  connection  labored  day  and  night  with  the 
Building  Trades  Council,  representing  the  Building  Contractors' 
Council,  and  had  much  to  do  with  framing  the  final  report  of  the 
committee,  which,  if  adopted,  will  settle  the  long  existing  strife 
between  employers  and  employes  in  the  building  line  in  Chicago 
for  good.  This  is  of  great  importance  to  Chicago,  as  it  would 
mean  a  great  increase  in  the  building  line  in  this  city  during  the 
present  year. 

Mr.  E.  M.  Craig  took  an  active  part  in  Republican  politics 
soon  after  his  arrival  in  this  city.  He  resided  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  for  two  years,  and  moved  to  the  Tenth  in  1892,  where  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  campaign  committee  of  the  ward  and 
captain  of  his  precinct  for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  a  consistent, 
hard  worker  in  the  interest  of  his  party  candidates  at  all  times, 
devoting  much  of  his  time  and  money  to  further  the  interests  of 
the  candidates  in  his  ward  and  district.  His  name  has  been  fre- 
quently mentioned  for  the  office  of  Alderman,  State  Senator  and 
even  Representative,  though  he  has  never  sought  nor  held  any 
political  office,  elective  or  otherwise,  during  his  residence  in  this 
city. 

Mr.  Craig  attended  the  first  meeting  called  for  the  purpose 
of  organizing  the  Cook  County  Republican  Marching  Club, 
which  was  held  at  the  Grand  Pacific  Hotel,  and  attended  the  sub- 
sequent meeting  at  the  Great  Northern,  January  19,  1894,  when 
the  club  was  organized.  At  this  meeting  he  was  elected  finan- 
cial secretary,  to  which  position  he  was  re-elected  three  consecu- 
tive terms.  The  office  *vas  at  the  time  made  a  salaried  one,  but 
Mr.  Craig  declined  to  accept  any  compensation  for  his  services. 

In  July,  1897,  Mr.  Craig  was  unanimously  elected  president 
of  the  famous  Marching  Club,  and  it  is  needless  to  say  that  ever 

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since  it  has  flourished  both  in  membership  and  from  a  financial 
standpoint.  He  has  been  re-elected  by  acclamation  as  president 
at  the  annual  election  every  year  since.  It  is  needless  to  go 
further  into  the  details  of  the  club,  as  a  brief  history  of  that 
famous  organization  can  be  found  elsewhere  in  this  book.  Mr. 
Craig  has  done  much  for  the  club,  of  which  he  is  exceedingly 
proud,  which  can  be  seen  from  the  fact  that  he  never  missed  a 
meeting  or  drill  since  the  club  was  organized. 

Mr.  E.  M.  Craig  was  married  to  Miss  Tillie  M.  Stengel  at 
Philadelphia,  December  9,  1878.  They  have  two  children,  Wil- 
liam H.  and  B.  Clarence,  aged  17  and  15  respectively.  Mr. 
Craig  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order  and  Knights  of  Pythias. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  following  eastern  orders  :  Knights 
of  the  Golden  Eagle,  Knights  of  the  Mystic  Chain,  and  Knights 
of  Friendship.  Mr.  Craig  is  very  domestic  in  his  tastes,  of 
temperate  habits,  much  devoted  to  his  family,  and  next  comes 
the  Cook  County  Republican  Marching  Club. 


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HON.  FRANK  T.    FOWLER. 


THE    ABLE    ALDERMAN    WHO    HAS    MADE    BOTH    BUSINESS    AND 
POLITIC"1    A     SUCCESS. 


The  same  measure  of  success  is  not  given  to  every  man  in 
this  world,  and  it  is  few  who  do  not  allow  the  fickle  goddess  of 
fortune  to  elude  their  grasp.  The  subject  of  our  sketch  stands 
out  in  bold  relief  as  an  example  of  what  tenacity  of  purpose, 
hustle  and  honesty  can  accomplish.  Frank  T.  Fowler  has  by 
his  own  unaided  efforts  reached  a  position  in  private,  social  and 
political  circles  that  is  the  envy  of  all  good  men  who  appreciate 
worth  of  character. 

He  was  born  in  Beverly,  Ohio,  thirty-two  years  ago,  and  in 
early  life  gave  promise  of  the  brilliant  future  that  lay  before 
him.  At  the  age  of  twelve,  when  most  boys  are  playing  marbles, 
Frank  Fowler  was  hustling  to  support  his  widowed  mother  and 
young  brother.  It  was  in  his  boyhood  days  that  he  learned  the 
value  of  hard  work,  and  that  keeping  everlastingly  at  it  would 
in  time  bring  its  own  reward. 

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At  the  age  of  twenty  he  came  to  Chicago  with  $4.50  of  the 
coin  of  the  realm  in  his  pocket,  but  what  he  lacked  in  cash  was 
more  than  balanced  by  the  energy  and  self-confidence  he  possessed 
to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  In  1891  he  became  inter- 
ested in  a  small  way  in  the  manufacture  of  bicycles,  but  his  first 
step  of  much  importance  was  when  the  Hill  Cycle  Manufacturing 
Company  was  organized  to  build  the  Fowler.  His  first  effort  in 
bicycle  construction  was  so  appreciated  by  the  public  that  the 
growth  of  the  business  was  phenomenal. 

"Honesty  with  the  public"  was  the  secret  of  its  success. 
Starting  as  he  did  with  but  twenty-two  employes,  the  business 
so  grew  that  in  1896  it  became  one  of  the  largest  bicycle  factories 
in  America  and  employed  750  men.  All  this  was  accomplished 
in  four  short  years.  In  the  early  part  of  1896  he  received  a 
satisfactory  offer  for  his  interests  and  sold  out  to  the  Fowler 
Cycle  Manufacturing  Company.  Arrangements  were  completed 
for  a  tour  around  the  world,  but  were  never  carried  out,  as  the 
spirit  of  hustling  still  moved  him,  and  an  opportunity  presenting 
itself  for  the  purchase  of  a  bicycle  factory  in  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, pleasure  was  abandoned  and  "hustling "in  the  east 
became  his  lot.  The  names  "Trinity"  and  "  Fowler"  are  closely 
interwoven,  as  it  was  the  only  " Frank  T.  Fowler"  that  made 
both  wheels.  In  1897  at  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  he  commenced 
the  building  of  the  "Trinity,"  and  never  before  (with  the  single 
exception  of  the  "Fowler")  did  any  wheel  rise  so  rapidly  in 
public  esteem.  In  the  latter  part  of  this  year  the  Fowler  Cycle 
Manufacturing  Company  failed  and  again  Mr.  Fowler  hied  back 
Chicago  ward  and  purchased  the  plant  outright,  and  in  1898 
again  returned  to  the  making  of  the  "Fowler."  Some  men  seem 
born  to  rule,  and  Mr.  Fowler  is  one  of  that  fortunate  class.  In 
political,  as  in  business  life,  Mr.  Fowler  has  achieved  success. 
In  the  late  city  election  he  was  approached  by  the  people  to 
stand  for  aldormanic  candidate  in  the  Thirteenth  Ward,  and  for 
a  time  withstood  the  earnest  request  of  his  political  well-wishers, 
but  after  repeated  solicitations,  he  came  to  the  decision  that  he 
should  sink  his  private  prejudices  against  a  political  life  and  do 
his  duty  toward  his  party  and  the  people  who  needed  representa- 
tives that  were  fearless  in  the  face  of  temptation — to  accept  was 
to  act — and  never  before  was  a  ward  in  the  city  so  completely 
stormed  in  a  political  campaign  as  was  the  Thirteenth.  Mr. 

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Fowler  was  nominated  on  a  Monday  evening — nomination 
accepted  at  10  p.  m. — at  8  a.  m.  Tuesday  morning,  presses  roll- 
ing out  campaign  matter — at  5:30  p.  m.,  same  day,  bill  posting 
was  commenced  and  by  the  following  morning  as  the  people 
went  to  their  work  they  found  his  announcements  everywhere. 
And  all  this  work,  which  would  have  ordinarily  consumed  a 
week's  time,  was  accomplished  by  Frank  T.  Fowler  within 
twenty-four  hours.  This  hustling  was  but  characteristic  of  the 
man,  and  those  who  knew  him  intimately  were  not  surprised,  as 
they  expected  it  of  him.  Not  only  once,  but  four  or  five  times 
was  the  ward  covered  with  printed  matter,  much  of  it  being  of 
the  best  class  of  campaign  reading  ever  produced  in  Chicago,  all 
of  it  strikingly  original.  The  better  element  of  voters  flocked 
to  his  support  and  it  was  only  a  question  as  to  what  majority  he 
should  poll.  He  was  elected  by  some  1,500  votes  over  his 
opponent  and  ran  ahead  of  his  ticket  over  1,900. 

If  honesty  of  purpose,  fearlessness  to  denounce  wrong,  to  do 
unto  others  as  you  would  they  do  unto  you,  is  the  best  type  of  a 
man,  Mr.  Fowler  is  in  the  true  sense  of  the  word  "A  MAN. " 
While  his  political  life  has  been  but  a  brief  one,  the  future  lies 
before  him,  and  it  is  needless  to  predict  that  it  will  be  a  brilliant 
one. 

With  lovers  of  legitimate  sport  he  is  ''a  good  all  round 
man  "  and  popular  with  all  branches  of  athletics.  To  his  energy 
the  success  of  the  West  Side  Driving  Association  is  largely  due, 
having  served  it  as  president  since  its  organization  three  years 
ago.  He  is  always  in  "  Harness"  so  to  speak,  to  push  the  inter- 
ests of  the  association  to  which  the  West  Side  residents  are 
indebted  for  so  many  enjoyable  matinees. 

In  the  cycling  world  Frank  T.  Fowler  is  known  from  Maine 
to  California,  and  is  perhaps  the  most  widely  personally  known 
bicycle  manufacturer  in  America. 

He  is  President  of  the  Illinois  Cycling  Club,  the  largest 
organization  of  its  kind  in  the  world,  and  holding  the  position 
he  does,  enables  the  club  to  profit  by  his  untiring  efforts  in  their 
behalf. 

The  man  who  acquires  the  success  that  Mr.  Fowler  has,  at 
such  an  early  age,  is  truly  to  be  envied. 


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STATE  SENATOR  FRED  A.  BUSSE. 


WHO  IS  ONE    OF    THE    MOST    POPULAR    CLEAN  CUT  REPUBLICANS 
IN    COOK  COUNTY. 


State  Senator  Fred  A.  Basse,  is  beyond  doubt  the  most  pop- 
ular Republican  of  German  American  descent  in  Cook  County 
to-day.  To  Mr.  Busse  alone  belongs  the  credit  of  his  popularity 
which  extends  not  alone  from  one  end  of  Cook  County  to  the 
other,  but  throughout  the  entire  state  of  Illinois. 

While  a  member  of  the  legislature  Mr.  Busse  distinguished 
himself  by  not  alone  voting  against,  but  bitterly  opposing  every 
questionable  measure  that  came  before  that  body,  including  the 
notorious  Allen  bill,  the  gas  trust,  consolidation  and  frontage 
measures,  as  well  as  several  other  questionable  measures. 

The  people  of  his  district  recognized  his  ability  and  honesty 
of  purpose,  and  rewarded  him  for  same  by  the  nomination  and 
election  as  State  Senator. 

Here  again  Mr.  Busse  distinguished  himself  in  the  upper 
branch  of  the  legislature  by  securing  control  of  the  Senate,  and 

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blocking  the  wheelc  of  corrupt  legislation,  which  previously 
existed  in  that  body. 

It  was  largely  through  the  efforts  of  Senator  Busse,  that  the 
repeal  of  the  Allen  bill  *was  secured.  This  one  act  alone,  not  to 
mention  the  numerous  popular  measures  which  he  lent  his 
support  to,  endeared  him  to  the  hearts  of  not  alone  the  people  of 
Cook  County,  but  throughout  the  entire  State  of  Illinois. 

Senator  Busse  was  born  on  the  North  Side,  March  3,  1866, 
and  his  politics  has  always  been  that  of  Republican.  He  has  long 
been  recognized  as  a  leader  in  North  Side  Republican  politics. 
He  was  at  one  time  elected  north  town  clerk,  and  was  for  a 
number  of  years  connected  with  the  north  town  collector's 
office. 

In  1895  Mr.  Busse  was  elected  to  the  lower  branch  of  the 
Fortieth  General  Assembly  of  the  Illinois  Legislature,  during 
which  time  he  made  a  record  that  was  gratifying  to  his  friends, 
and  pleasing  to  the  public  in  general  (corrupt  legislation  pro- 
moters excepted). 

His  record  in  the  lower  house  was  the  basis  for  promotion  to 
higher  honors,  and  on  that  account  alone  the  voters  of  the 
Twenty-first  District  honored  him  with  the  nomination,  and 
elected  him  to  the  State  Senate.  While  in  this  branch  of  higher 
legislation  as  in  the  lower  house,  Mr.  Busse  remembered  his 
obligation  to  the  public,  and  though  he  became  leader  of  the 
Senate,  he  never  changed  the  course  from  that  mapped  out  by 
honest  Fred  Busse,  and  never  will  no  matter  what  office  he 
holds. 

Senator  Busse  resides  in  the  Twenty-second  Ward,  and  is 
secretary  of  the  Northwestern  Coal  Company.  He  enjoys  an 
excellent  political  and  business  reputation. 

Wise  political  prophets  predict  for  Senator  Fred  A.  Busse,  a 
very  brilliant  political  career. 


MILTON  J.  FOREMAN. 


THE     POPULAR     YOUNG     REPUBLICAN     ALDERMAN     FROM     THE 

FOURTH  WARD WHO  STANDS  FOR  GOOD  GOVERNMENT 

AND    CLEAN    POLITICS. 


Alderman  Milton  J.  Foreman  of  the  Fourth  "Ward  is  a  splendid 
type  of  the  bright  brainy  successful  self-made  Chicagoan. 

Mr.  Foreman  was  born  in  Chicago,  January  26th,  1863, 
where  he  has  ever  since  continued  to  reside,  and  like  many  other 
successful  self-made  men,  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  this  city  and  though  he  left  school  at  the 
tender  age  of  thirteen,  being  at  that  time  compelled  to  depend 
upon  his  own  resources,  with  the  indomitable  will  power  of  a 
true  young  American  he  set  out  to  seek  employment,  and  the 
first  position  he  secured  was  that  of  stock  boy  with  the  well 
known  firm  of  Keith  Brothers  &  Company,  wholesale  merchants, 
located  at  237  and  239  Jackson  Boulevard. 

Mr.  Foreman  though  quite  young  at  that  time,  soon  dis- 
played such  marked  ability  that  he  rapidly  rose  from  one  position 

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to  another  until  he  became  one  of  the  companies  most  valued 
salesmen,  afterwards  he  became  a  stockholder  in  the  corporation 
into  which  it  ultimately  grew,  and  in  which  he  is  still  interested. 

Mr.  Foreman  whose  ambition  did  not  rest  at  the  success 
which  he  achieved  from  a  commercial  standpoint,  joined  the 
Cavalry  Squadron  of  the  Illinois  National  Guards,  and  soon  rose 
to  the  rank  of  Captain.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Spanish- Amer- 
ican war  he  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  as  Captain 
of  volunteers  and  was  assigned  to  duty  as  Quartermaster  of  the 
first  Illinois  volunteer  cavalry. 

Previous  to  this  time  Mr.  Foreman  was  a  student  at  the 
Chicago  College  of  law,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  on 
or  about  that  time.  It  was  during  the  time  that  his  regiment 
was  quartered  at  Springfield,  and  just  before  its  departure  for 
Chickamauga,  that  Captain  Foreman  presented  himself  to  the 
board  of  examiners  for  admission  to  the  bar,  and  was  one  of 
eleven  out  of  ninety-nine  to  successfully  pass  the  examination. 
It  has  not  often  occurred  in  the  history  of  Illinois  that  a  candi- 
date for  admission  to  the  bar  went  before  the  examining  board  in 
uniform  on  the  eve  of  his  departure  for  active  service  in  the 
army  of  the  United  States,  such  as  Mr.  Foreman  did. 

When  the  Illinois  Volunteer  Cavalry  was  being  mustered  out 
of  the  service,  the  department  at  Washington  in  recognition  of 
his  splendid  record  tendered  Mr.  Foreman  without  solicitation 
a  commission  as  Captain  in  the  regular  army,  which  he  declined 
to  accept  on  account  of  previous  business  arrangements. 

Mr.  Foreman  is  still  in  the  military  service  of  the  state, 
being  promoted  to  Major  and  is  in  command  of  the  second 
squadron  of  the  Illinois  State  Cavalry. 

When  the  attempt  was  made  in  the  city  council  to  pass  the 
fifty  year  street  railway  franchise,  Mr.  Foreman  organized  what 
was  known  as  the  anti-boodle  league,  and  acted  as  its  chairman, 
and  it  was  largely  through  his  efforts  that  public  opinion  on  the 
subject  became  effective  in  controlling  legislation,  and  prevent- 
ing the  passage  of  said  ordinance.  His  services  in  this  direction 
were  invaluable  to  the  public. 

AVithout  solicitation  Mr.  Foreman  received  the  Republican 
nomination  as  alderman  from  the  Fourth  Ward,  in  the  spring  of 
1899,  to  which  position  he  was  elected  by  a  large  majority,  not 
withstanding  the  fact  that  an  independent  Republican,  and  a 

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strong  Democratic  candidate  were  pitted  against  him.  He  is  a 
firm  believer  of  government  of  the  people,  by  the  people  and  for 
the  people.  He  is  opposed  to  class  legislation  or  special 
privileges  without  just  compensation  to  the  city. 

In  politics  Mr.  Foreman  has  always  been  a  Republican 
having  served  nineteen  years  in  the  ranks  of  that  party  as  one  of 
its  most  zealous  and  loyal  supporters. 

While  a  member  of  the  city  council  Alderman  Foreman  has 
unceasingly  advocated  the  paving  and  cleaning  of  streets,  not  alone 
in  his  own  ward  the  fourth,  but  throughout  the  entire  city ;  besides 
this  he  is  one  of  the  strongest  advocates  of  just  compensation 
for  all  franchises,  and  his  vote  has  never  been  even  once  recorded 
in  favor  of  any  questionable  measure  that  came  before  that 
body. 

To  Alderman  Foreman  more  than  any  one  else  the  public 
owe  a  debt  of  gratitude  for  his  untiring  effort  to  purify  politics 
in  the  city  council,  which  he  has  succeeded  in  doing  to  a  great 
extent. 

Alderman  Foreman  is  a  very  brilliant  lawyer  of  remarkable 
ability,  and  is  a  member  of  the  well  known  law  firm  of  Felsen- 
thal,  D'Ancona  &  Foreman,  of  43  Stock  Exchange  Building. 

He  is  a  model  alderman  in  whom  the  public  may  repose  the 
most  implicit  confidence.  From  present  indications  it  seems  a 
bright  political  future  awaits  Alderman  Milton  J.  Foreman. 


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, 


ISAAC  N.    POWELL. 


CHIEF  CLERK  OF  THE  CHICAGO  BOARD  OF  ELECTION 
COMMISSIONERS. 


WHO    HAS    GIVEN     UNIVERSAL    SATISFACTION    TO 
THE    PUBLIC. 


Hon.  Isaac  N.  Powell,  who  is  a  prominent  Republican,  is 
eminently  qualified  and  admittedly  the  most  competent  chief 
clerk  ever  appointed  to  the  responsible  position  which  he  holds 
under  the  Board  of  Election  Commissioners  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Powell  was  born  at  Woodstock,  Ontario,  December  23d, 
1866.  His  father  was  George,  and  his  mother  Matilda  (Mac- 
Ardle)  Powell. 

Both  parents  of  Mr.  I.  N.  Powell,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
were  born  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  Canada  in  1830,  where  his 
father  was  engaged  in  the  wagon  and  implement  manufacturing 
business  up  to  1869,  at  which  time  Mr.  George  Powell,  father  of 

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the  subject  of  this  sketch,  removed  to  Richmond,  Missouri,  with 
his  wife  and  family  of  twelve  children,  where  he  re-engaged  in 
the  farming  implement  and  wagon  manufacturing  business. 

Isaac  N.  Powell,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  only  three 
years  of  age  when  his  father  removed  from  Canada  to  Missouri, 
and  like  many  other  successful  self-made  men,  received  only  a 
limited  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  adopted  town  (Rich- 
mond), where  he  afterwards  became  a  studious  and  most  indus- 
trious employe  of  his  father. 

In  1885  Mr.  Isaac  N.  Powell  came  to  Chicago  and  took  a 
business  course  at  Bryant  &  Stratton's  college.  After  completing 
this  course  he  obtained  a  position  as  book-keeper  with  the  well- 
known  wholesale  commission  house  of  Ender  &  Ender,  then 
located  on  South  Water  street. 

In  1890  Mr.  Powell  obtained  a  position  as  compiler  of  Fed- 
eral census,  and  later  on  served  as  deputy  city  clerk  from  1891 
to  1893  under  J.  R.  B.  Van  Cleave. 

In  the  spring  of  1893,  Mr.  Powell  was  elected  sergeant-at- 
arms  of  the  City  Council,  which  position  he  held  up  to  December, 

1894,  at  which  time  he  was  appointed  assistant  chief  clerk  to 
Henry  L.  Hertz,  who  was  then  chief  clerk  of  the  Board  of  Elec- 
tion Commissioners. 

Mr.  Isaac  N.  Powell  was  promoted  to  the  position  as  chief 
clerk  of  the  Board  of  Election  Commissioners  of  Chicago  in 

1895,  which  position  he  has  held  ever  since,  and  during  said 
time  has  rendered  universal  satisfaction  to  the  public  in  general. 

While  Mr.  Powell  is  a  Republican,  and  even  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Republican  County  Central  Committee  from  the  First 
Ward  for  a  number  of  years,  yet  it  is  an  admitted  fact  that  while 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as  chief  clerk  of  the  Board  of 
Election  Commissioners,  Mr.  Powell  knows  no  party,  and  acts  as 
an  official  of  non-partisan  in  that  capacity,  and  the  only  one 
thing  that  he  strictly  adheres  to  is  competency  and  strict  discip- 
line of  his  office  force. 

The  ballot  is  a  sacred  document  and  treasured  as  a  precious 
jewel  by  all  citizens,  not  alone  of  Chicago,  but  of  the  State  and 
Nation. 

When  the  Election  Commissioners  of  Chicago  selected  a 
custodian  of  elective  rights  of  citizens  of  Chicago  in  the  person 
of  Isaac  N.  Powell,  it  may  be  very  truthfully  stated  they  made 

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no  mistake,  as  Mr.  Powell  always  lives  up  to  the  strictest  letter 
of  the  law. 

Mr.  Powell,  besides  being  a  member  of  the  Republican  County 
Central  Committee  from  the  First  Ward,  where  he  has  resided 
ever  since  he  became  a  resident  of  Chicago,  is  also  a  membei  of 
the  Hamilton  Club  and  several  other  Republican  and  fraternal 
organizations. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  Hamacher,  of  Richmond, 
Missouri,  February  6th,  1895,  and  one  boy,  three  years  of  age, 
bless  their  union. 

Mr.  Powell  resides  at  339  Michigan  avenue.  We  predict  for 
him  a  very  bright  political  future. 


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CHARLES  CHAMPION  GILBERT. 


ATTORNEY  FOR  THE  SANITARY  DISTRICT  OF  CHICAGO. 


Hon.  Charles  Champion  Gilbert,  who  is  the  head  legal  advisor 
of  the  great  American  water-way,  known  as  the  Sanitary  District 
of  Chicago,  was  born  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  November  17,  1859. 
His  father  is  General  C.  C.  Gilbert  of  the  United  States  Army, 
and  his  mother  Mattie  (Prather)  Gilbert,  daughter  of  James 
Watson  Prather,  who  was  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  highly 
respected  resident  of  Louisville,  Ky. 

General  C.  C.  Gilbert,  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
graduated  from  West  Point  in  1846,  at  which  time  he  joined  the 
United  States  Army  as  Second  Lieutenant  of  the  First  Infantry. 
He  served  all  through  the  Mexican  War  in  said  capacity,  and  for 
brave  and  fearless  services  rendered,  was  promoted  to  First 
Lieutenant  at  the  close  of  said  war.  He  served  on  frontier  duty 
from  the  close  of  the  Mexican  War  up  to  1850.  And  from  1850 
to  1855  served  as  instructor  at  West  Point,  and  during  the  Civil 
War  he  served  on  the  field  as  Brigadier  General  and  Major  Gen- 

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eral  with  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland  and  Tennessee.  After 
the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  he  continued  to  serve  on  re-construc- 
tion and  frontier  duty  up  to  1886,  at  which  time  he  was  retired 
from  active  service,  having  at  that  time  served  the  required  forty 
years  active  duty  in  the  army.  He  is  still  living  and  never 
fails  to  visit  Chicago,  Washington,  Baltimore  and  New  Orleans 
every  year. 

Mr.  Charles  Champion  Gilbert,  who  may  well  be  proud  of 
his  parentage,  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city,  Louisville,  Ky. ,  and  the  Kentucky 
Military  Institute  at  Frankfort,  Ky. 

Later  on  he  graduated  from  the  Columbian  Law  School  at 
Washington,  D.  C. ,  in  1882,  and  was  admitted  to  practice 
at  the  bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  Iowa,  where  he 
was  later  on  appointed  assistant  United  States  Attorney  with 
headquarters  at  De  Moines. 

In  1886  he  moved  to  Chicago  where  he  has  ever  since  been 
actively  and  successfully  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law. 

He  was  appointed  assistant  Corporation  Counsel  by  Mayor 
Washburn,  and  later  as  special  assessment  attorney,  and  in  both 
positions  made  a  splendid  record  both  for  himself  and  the  adminis- 
tration as  well  as  giving  satisfaction  to  the  taxpayers  and  the 
public  in  general. 

Mr.  Gilbert  was  at  one  time  associated  with  the  law  firm 
of  Ex-Governor  John  M.  Hamlin  and  Curtis  H.  Reemy,  and 
later  on  became  the  law  partner  of  Edward  Maher,  the  firm  name 
being  Maher  &  Gilbert. 

He  was  engaged  in  the  law  practice  alone  from  May  to  Decem- 
ber 1,  1898,  during  which  time  he  enjoyed  a  lucrative  practice. 

In  December,  1898,  Mr  Gilbert  was  appointed  attorney  for 
the  Sanitary  District  of  Chicago,  the  appointment  being  by 
unanimous  consent  of  the  board,  and  during  his  administration  it 
will  be  remembered  some  of  the  most  difficult  legal  questions 
had  to  be  fought,  which  has  resulted  almost  in  unanimous  victory 
for  the  Sanitary  Board,  through  the  superior  legal  ability  of 
Mr.  C.  C.  Gilbert 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  has  been  a  lifelong  devoted  Republi- 
can, and  is  the  descendant  of  a  family  of  Republicans  whose  exist- 
ence in  the  United  States  can  be, traced  back  to  1640.  For  Mr. 
Charles  Champion  Gilbert  we  predict  a  bright  future. 

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HON.  DAVID  KALLIS. 


THE    POPULAR    COUNTY     COMMISSIONER     WHO    SACRIFICED     HIS 

BUSINESS  TO  FEED,   CLOTHE  AND  SHELTER  THE  STARVING 

POOR    OF    CHICAGO    IN    1893. 


Hon.  David  Kallis,  who  is  at  present  serving  his  second  term 
as  County  Commissioner  of  Cook  County,  is  beyond  doubt  one 
of  the  most  popular  members  of  that  body  in  Cook  County. 
And  while  speaking  of  his  popularity,  it  is  not  intended  by  any 
means  to  cast  any  disrespect  upon  other  members  of  the  Board 
of  Cook  County  Commissioners. 

The  one  thing  which  endeared  Mr.  Kallis  to  the  hearts  of  the 
people  of  Chicago,  and  the  one  thing  which  will  not  soon  be  for- 
gotten, is  the  fact  that  he  even  sacrificed  his  own  extensive  busi- 
ness to  contribute  to  the  wants  of  the  starving  poor  of  this  city 
during  the  extreme  hard  times  which  existed  under  the  reign  of 
ex-President  Cleveland  in  1893. 

Commissioner  Kallis,  who  was  the  orginator  of  the  soup-house 
system  then  started  in  Chicago,  gave  so  liberally  towards  the 

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support  of  the  wives  and  children  of  many  of  the  unfortunate 
sufferers  of  the  city  of  Chicago  that  Mr.  Kallis  himself  was 
compelled  to  sacrifice  his  own  extensive  grocery  business. 

This  grand  work  of  charity  as  administered  by  Mr.  Kallis  to 
the  poor  sufferers  of  Chicago  will  continue  to  exist  in  their 
minds  as  a  living  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  Com- 
missioner Kallis,  and  it  is  almost  needless  to  state  that  his  name 
will  be  eagerly  sought  by  voters  on  any  ticket  on  which  it  may 
appear. 

County  Commissioner  Kallis,  who  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  born  in  the  domain  of  the  Czar  some  forty-two  years  ago. 

His  early  life  up  to  ten  years  of  age  was  spent  in  the  home  of 
his  father,  who  was  the  Burgomaster  of  his  native  city,  and  an 
influential  citizen. 

His  mother  impressed  him  with  many  of  the  high  attributes 
of  character  of  which  he  is  so  largely  possessed,  though  he  was 
at  an  early  age  deprived  of  her  maternal  influence. 

At  the  early  age  of  ten  years  Mr.  Kallis  emigrated  to  the 
United  States,  and  at  that  tender  age  came  alone  to  the  city  of 
Chicago,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He  immediately 
began  the  battle  of  life  as  a  match  peddler,  and  soon  became  a 
familiar  character  among  the  business  men  of  this  city. 

At  eighteen  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  for  himself, 
which  vocation  he  followed  for  several  years,  and  later  on 
branched  out  into  the  stationery  and  printing  business,  in  which 
he  was  engaged  up  to  1893. 

During  the  winter  of  1893,  when  thousands  of  this  city's  poor 
were  starving,  he  sacrificed  his  business  in  their  interest,  and 
became  the  originator  of  the  so-called  soup  house  for  the  feeding 
of  the  wives  and  children  of  our  unfortunates. 

During  a  whole  month  he  alone  secured  provisions  for  twen- 
ty-five thousand  souls.  At  this  time  it  will  be  remembered  suf- 
fering and  destitution  existed  to  such  an  extent  in  the  city  of 
Chicago  that  the  corridors  of  the  city  hall  and  county  building 
were  ordered  kept  open  nights  to  give  shelter  to  the  thousands 
who  could  not  procure  shelter  for  themselves. 

In  the  summer  of  1894  Mr.  Kallis  continued  his  philanthro- 
pic efforts  to  aid  the  poor  and  oppressed  by  shipping  2,000,000 
pounds  of  food  and  clothing  to  the  Pullman  strikers,  among 
whom  untold  suffering  and  want  existed  at  the  time. 

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In  1894  Mr.  Kallis  was  elected  County  Commissioner  as  a 
Republican,  which  he  has  always  been.  During  his  first  term 
as  County  Commissioner  he  clearly  demonstrated  his  ability  in 
the  painstaking  manner  in  which  he  at  all  times  protected  the 
expenditure  of  the  public  funds. 

At  the  expiration  of  his  term  as  County  Commissioner  he  was 
appointed  deputy  sheriff  of  Cook  County,  which  position  he  held 
up  to  the  time  he  was  re-elected  County  Commissioner  in  1898. 

The  office  of  County  Commissioner  is  possibly  not  well  under- 
stood by  many.  They  are  the  guardians  of  the  poor  unfortunate 
orphans  which  are  cared  for  by  the  Board.  The  poor  unfortu- 
nate insane  of  Cook  County  are  also  under  their  care  and  super- 
.  vision.  They  control  and  direct  the  management  of  Cook  County 
hospital,  which  is  one  of  the  grandest  institutions  of  its  kind  in 
the  United  States.  They  are  also  the  fountain  of  supplies  for 
the  feeding  of  the  poor  in  times  of  need. 

For  faithful  performance  of  such  humane  services  as  those 
none  can  gainsay  that  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  not  more  than 
amply  qualified  to  meet  every  requirement.  This  well  known, 
large  hearted,  kind,  charitable  County  Commissioner  is  never 
tired  doing  favors  for  some  deserving  poor  unfortunate,  and  but 
few  Republicans  in  the  city  of  Chicago  to-day  are  more  widely 
and  popularly  known  than  he  is,  and  it  can  also  be  said  that  when 
it  comes  to  a  popular  vote  but  few  can  boast  of  a  larger  follow- 
ing than  County  Commissioner  David  Kallis,  better  known  as 
the  "Irish  Jew." 


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HON.  DANIEL  A.  CAMPBELL. 


THE     HONEST,       HONORABLE      STATE      SENATOR      FROM      THE 
NINETEENTH    DISTRICT     OF     CHICAGO. 


Hon.  Daniel  A.  Campbell,  who  so  very  ably  represents  the 
Nineteenth  District  of  Chicago,  in  the  State  Senate  of  Illinois, 
is  a  lawyer  of  remarkable  ability. 

In  the  legal  profession,  as  in  politics,  he  ranks  very  high  in 
the  community  of  this  state,  as  a  very  able,  honest,  honorable 
and  thoroughly  conscientious  member  of  the  Chicago  bar,  as 
well  as  that  high  law-framing  body  known  as  the  Illinois  State 
Senate. 

Senator  Campbell,  was  born  at  Elgin,  Kane  County,  Illinois, 
June  23,  1863.  His  parents  were  old  respected  residents  of 
Elgin,  where  his  father,  Alexander,  done  a  successful  and 
extensive  mercantile  business. 

The  parents  of  Mr.  Campbell,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  af- 
terwards removed  to  Pecatonica,  Winnebago  County,  Illinois, 
where  they  are  still  engaged  in  business. 

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Senator  Daniel  A.  Campbell  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  at  Elgin,  where  he  afterwards  graduated  from 
the  high  school.  Later  on  he  attended  the  Union  College  of  Law 
at  Chicago,  where  he  completed  his  legal  study,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  practice  of  law  in  the  Appellate  Court  of  Cook  County 
March  5,  1886.  Mr.  Campbell  removed  to  Chicago  April  1, 
1885,  and  has  ever  since  resided  in  this  city.  Being  an  earnest 
worker  for  the  success  of  Republican  principles,  and  a  man  of 
sound  but  rare  judgment  in  the  councils  of  his  party,  he  soon 
became  very  prominently  known  as  a  faithful  worker  and  un- 
tiring advocate  of  sound  Republican  principles.  Mr.  Campbell 
was  first  elected  member  of  the  General  Assembly  in  1892,  from 
the  Nineteenth  Senatorial  District,  and  for  faithful  services  ren- 
dered was  elected  to  the  State  Senate  from  the  same  district  in 
1894,  and  again  in  1898,  where  he  succeeded  in  making  an 
enviable  record. 

Senator  Campbell  voted  against  the  notorious  Allen  and  gas 
trust  bills,  and  in  fact  he  opposed  every  questionable  measure 
that  ever  came  before  the  house  or  senate  during  his  term  of 
office. 

During  the  recent  legislative  session  the  names  of  Senators 
Campbell  and  Busse  drove  terror  into  the  trust  representatives 
and  corporation  promoters  who  sought  questionable  legislation 
through  that  body. 

Mr.  Campbell  has  represented  the  Thirteenth  Ward  as  a 
member  of  the  Cook  County  Republican  Central  Committee  for 
the  past  five  years,  during  which  time  he  has  rendered  very  valu- 
able services  to  that  body  and  the  Republican  party  in  general. 
Having  served  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Naturalization, 
prevention  of  frauds  or  illegal  voting,  and  several  other  im- 
portant positions,  and  besides  this  he  is  a  member  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee.  In  this  capacity,  as  in  all  others,  he  has  dis- 
played such  good  sound  judgment  that  he  is  considered  a  very 
valuable  member  of  that  splendid  organization  to-day. 

Mr.  Campbell  is  a  member  of  the  Hamilton  and  Lincoln 
Clubs.  He  is  married  and  resides  at  493  West  Erie  street, 
Thirteenth  Ward.  His  political  career,  as  well  as  his  private 
life,  is  one  to  be  proud  of,  and  but  few  men  have  ever  been 
elected  from  Cook  County  that  reflects  more  credit  on  the  party 
to  which  they  belong  than  does  Senator  Daniel  A.  Campbell. 

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EPHRAIM   BANNING. 


A    DISTINGUISHED    LAWYER    OF    GREAT     ABILITY     AND     A    LIFE-LONG 
DEVOTED  REPUBLICAN. 


Ephraim  Banning  has  long  since  been  recognized  as  one  of 
Chicago's  most  eloquent  and  leading  lawyers,  and  but  few  of  the 
legal  profession  command  more  high  esteem  and  respect  than 
Mr.  Banning  enjoys  among  members  of  the  bench  and  bar  alike 
in  Chicago.  The  esteem  in  which  he  has  long  since  been  held 
can  best  be  seen  from  the  following  : 

Speaking  of  his  early  experience,  Judge  Henry  W.  Blodgett 
has  said  that  "he  had  a  large  and  varied  practice"  in  his  court, 
and  that  ' '  he  showed  himself  a  good  admiralty  lawyer,  was  well 
equipped  in  all  questions  arising  under  the  bankrupt  law,  and  in 
commercial  cases  generally,  as  well  as  in  real  estate  law. "  Mr. 
Frank  J.  Loesch,  the  well-known  railroad  lawyer,  who  was  one 
of  his  early  associates  at  the  bar,  has  said :  ' '  His  preliminary 
training  for  admission  to  the  bar  was  solid;  his  industry,  both 
then  and  since,  has  been  nothing  less  than  wonderful,  and  while 
he  has  in  late  years  confined  himself,  and  attained  eminent  suc- 

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cess  as  a  patent  lawyer,  his  career  as  a  general  practitioner  dur- 
ing the  first  ten  or  twelve  years  of  his  practice  was  beyond  the 
most  sanguine  expectations  of  any  of  our  lawyers.  He  has  ful- 
filled the  promise  of  his  youth  in  being  not  only  a  sterling  man, 
but  a  lawyer  who  has  lived  up  to  the  highest  ideals  of  our  pro- 
fession, whose  integrity  has  never  been  questioned,  whose  faith- 
fulness to  his  clients'  interests  attained  that  measure  of  success 
which  it  deserved,  and  whose  ability  as  a  lawyer  none  can  dis- 
pute. " 

Mr.  Banning's  mind  was  directed  by  circumstances  attendant 
on  his  practice  and  by  natural  tendency  to  a  special  study  of  the 
law  of  patents,  and  after  about  ten  years  he  practically  withdrew 
from  general  practice  and  made  a  specialty  of  patent  cases. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  Mr.  Banning  would  have  achieved 
marked  success  as  a  general  practitioner,  for  he  has  an  intellect 
that  is  both  quick  and  cautious,  and  is  a  very  convincing  speaker, 
but  he  did  well  in  following  the  bent  of  his  nature.  In  1877  he 
was  joined  in  practice  by  his  brother,  Thomas  A.  Banning  ;  and 
in  1888  by  George  S.  Payson,  who  was  succeeded  in  1894  by 
Thomas  F.  Sheridan,  who  is  still  a  member  of  the  firm.  For 
fifteen  years  or  more  the  firm  has  been  not  only  eminent,  but 
prominent  in  the  management  of  litigations  relative  to  patents 
and  other  intellectual  property.  Their  briefs  are  familiar  in  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  and  in  the  Federal  Courts 
of  Chicago,  Detroit,  Cleveland,  Pittsburg,  St.  Louis,  St.  Paul, 
Cincinnati,  Kansas  City,  Boston,  Philadelphia,  New  York,  New 
Orleans  and  several  other  cities. 

The  merited  success  which  the  firm  has  had  throughout  the 
United  States  is  largely  due  to  the  superior  ability  of  Mr.  Ban- 
ning and  his  legal  associates. 

Mr.  Ephraim  Banning  comes  of  good  legal  stock,  his  mother 
who  was  a  Kentuckian,  being  a  sister  of  the  late  Judge  Pinkney 
H.  Walker,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois,  and  having  among 
his  people  others  who  attained  distinction  in  the  science  of  law. 
His  father,  Gilmer  Walker,  had  a  large  practice,  and  his  brother, 
Cyrus  Walker,  was  a  distinguished  practitioner  in  Kentucky 
until  he  removed  to  Illinois,  where  he  achieved  still  more  note- 
worthy success — Lincoln,  Douglas,  S.  T.  Logan  and  Cyrus 
Walker  ranking  at  one  time  as  the  four  leading  lawyers  of  the 
state. 

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Mr.  Banning' s  name  may  be  placed  on  the  long  roll  of  suc- 
cessful men  whose  characters  have  been  formed  largely  by 
maternal  influence.>  But  the  character  of  his  father,  after  whom 
he  was  named,  was  far  above  the  average.  A  Virginian  by  birth, 
and  of  the  class  to  which  in  that  early  day  few  opportunities  of 
education  were  offered,  he  became  a  person  highly  esteemed 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Illinois  and  Kansas.  He  turned  his 
back  upon  slavery  and  at  a  very  early  day  settled  in  McDonough 
County,  Illinois,  where  Mr.  Ephraim  Banning  was  born  July  21, 
1849.  Subsequently  the  family  moved  to  Kansas,  and  in  that 
territory  the  early  happy  boyhood  days  of  Ephraim  Banning 
were  spent. 

From  Kansas  the  family  moved  to  Missouri,  and  while  there 
the  civil  war  broke  out.  Two  of  Mr.  Banning's  brothers 
promptly  enlisted  for  service  in  the  cause  of  the  Union.  Ephraim— 
then  about  twelve  years  of  age — became  his  father's  "right-hand 
man"  on  the  farm.  One  of  the  brothers  gave  his  life  to  the 
national  cause;  the  other  served  with  honor  till  the  close  of  the 
war. 

The  educational  advantages  of  a  frontier  settlement  in  Missouri 
during  the  war  times  were  not  of  the  best,  but  young  Ephraim 
Banning  made  the  most  of  them,  and  in  his  seventeenth  year  had 
learned  all  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  could  teach,  and 
afterwards  attended  the  Brookfield,  Missouri,  Academy,  where, 
under  the  tutorship  of  the  Rev.  J.  P.  Finley,  D.  D. ,  he  studied 
the  classics  and  other  courses  of  a  liberal  education.  Subse- 
quently he  became  a  student  at  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Samuel 
P.  Huston  of  Brookfield. 

In  1871  Mr.  Banning  came  to  Chicago  and  acted  as  student 
and  clerk  in  the  law  office  of  Messrs.  Rosenthal  and  Pence,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Illinois  by  the  Supreme  Court  in 
June,  1872. 

In  the  following  October  he  opened  an  office  for  himself,  and 
without  the  advantage  of  influential  friends  or  political  patron- 
age soon  succeeded  in  gaining  a  good  clientage  as  a  successful 
practitioner.  Close  application  to  business  together  with  thor- 
oughly honorable  methods  soon  won  fame  and  fortune  for  him 
such  as  few  men  of  his  years  and  advantages  ever  enjoyed. 

Mr.  Banning,  who  is  a  devoted  Republican,  has  done  much 
to  promote  the  interests  of  his  party,  and  although  frequently 

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urged  to  run  for  office  by  his  many  friends,  he  preferred  to 
remain  ' '  a  private  in  the  ranks. "  He  was  elected  a  McKinley 
presidential  elector  in  1896. 

In  189T  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Tanner  to  the  unpaid 
but  honorable  and  responsible  office  of  member  of  the  State 
Board  of  Charities,  the  duties  of  which  he  is  well  fitted  to 
perform. 

Early  in  1899  he  was  strongly  urged  for  the  office  of  United  States 
District  Judge  at  Chicago,  for  which  he  was  supported  by  Senators 
Cullom  and  Mason  and  a  majority  of  the  Chicago  Congressmen — 
five  out  of  seven — and,  as  stated  by  one  of  his  opponents, 
endorsed  by  ' '  Republican  organizations  of  the  state,  county  and 
city,  together  with  the  Bar  Association  and  the  leading  citizens 
of  Chicago."  The  President,  however,  had  other  plans,  and,  in 
pursuance  of  these,  made  a  personal  appointment. 

Mr.  Banning  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  Lincoln  and 
Illinois  Clubs,  and  the  American,  State,  and  Chicago  Bar 
Associations,  in  the  latter  of  which  he  is  an  active  factor.  For 
several  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  committee  of  the  Chi- 
cago Bar  Association  on  legislation  with  reference  to  federal 

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judges  and  practice  in  the  Federal  Courts. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  committee  on  legislation  to  establish 
a  Juvenile  Court  in  Chicago  and  revise  the  laws  relating  to  the 
care  of  delinquent  and  dependent  children  in  Illinois. 

He  served  as  Chairman  of  the  committee  on  organization  of  the 
Congress  of  Patents  and  Trade-marks,  held  under  the  auspices 
of  the  World's  Congress  Auxiliary  of  the  World's  Columbian 
Exposition  in  1893.  He  was  chosen  by  this  Congress  as  one  of 
five  to  present  certain  industrial  questions,  especially  relative  to 
patents  and  trade-marks,  to  the  Congress  of  the  United  States. 

In  religion  Mr.  Banning  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  is  an  elder  in 
that  church.  He  has  been  twice  married;  first  to  Miss  Lucretia 
T.  Lindsley,  who  died  in  1887,  leaving  three  sons,  all  of  whom 
survive;  and  second,  to  Miss  Emilio  B.  Jenne.  He  has  been  a 
resident  of  the  great  West  Side  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a 
century. 


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EMERY  B.  MOORE. 


A    SPLENDID    TYPE    OF    PATRIOTIC,     PUBLIC    SPIRITED    CITIZEN. 


A    DEVOTED    REPUBLICAN    AND    SUCCESSFUL 
BUSINESS     MAN. 


Mr.  Emery  B.  Moore  is  what  may  be  very  truthfully  termed  a 
splendid  type  of  American  citizen.  He  is  one  of  the  best  known 
and  most  highly  esteemed  of  Chicago's  successful  business  men. 

Mr.  E.  B.  Moore  was  born  at  Whately,  Mass.,  in  18-45,  and 
received  his  education  at  the  academy  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-one  he  obtained  a  position  as  bookkeeper  with 
the  then  well-known  firm  of  I.  S.  Parsons  &  Company  at  Flor- 
ence, Mass.,  and  three  years  later  he  became  the  head  of  the 
firm. 

His  health  became  impaired  and  he  was  compelled  to  come 
West,  locating  in  Chicago,  where  he  soon  found  what  few  men 
are  blessed  with,  health  and  prosperity.  In  1878  he  first  located 
in  this  city  at  177  Madison  street,  and  from  a  small  beginning, 

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through  close  application  and  strict  business  methods,  he  soon 
built  up  a  business  of  which  he  may  well  be  proud.  He  is  to-day 
the  largest  individual  manufacturer  of  wood  carpet  and  parquet 
floors  in  the  entire  United  States.  So  extensive  has  his  business 
become  that  he  found  it  necessary  to  establish  an  Eastern  branch 
of  his  Chicago  establishment,  which  is  located  at  38  West  street, 
Boston,  Mass. ,  under  the  personal  management  of  his  son,  Arthur 
G.  Moore,  where  he  controls  a  very  large  patronage.  He  is  also 
president  of  the  Litho  Marble  Co. ,  Manhattan  Building. 

Mr.  Emery  B.  Moore  comes  of  good  old  revolutionary  stock. 
His  great  grandfather,  Noah  Bardwell,  was  an  officer  under 
George  Washington  during  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  noth- 
ing but  his  age  alone  prevented  Mr.  E.  B.  Moore  from  having 
served  in  the  Federal  army  during  the  civil  war  for  the  freedom 
of  the  slaves.  He  is  a  splendid  type  of  patriotic,  public  spirited 
citizen  of  whom  Chicago  may  well  be  proud. 

Mr.  Moore  has  resided  in  Austin  for  the  past  twenty-five 
years,  and  he  has  contributed  very  largely  towards  making  it  the 
"ideal  suburb"  which  it  is  to-day.  He  has  watched  it  grow 
from  a  small  village  to  a  city  of  over  12,000  inhabitants.  He 
has  mingled  with  its  best  citizens,  all  of  whom  hold  for  him  the 
highest  esteem  and  respect  that  possibly  can  be  accorded  a  private 
citizen. 

Mr.  Moore  has  been  a  life-long  devoted  Republican,  and 
though  he  never  sought  office,  yet  he  has  contributed  more  in  a 
financial  way  to  aid  his  party  to  success  than  any  other  man 
residing  in  Austin.  Nomination  after  nomination  has  been 
offered  him  for  various  offices  when  the  nomination  was  equiva- 
lent to  election,  but  he  modestly  declined,  preferring  to  remain 
a  private  citizen  in  the  ranks  of  his  party,  to  which  he  renders 
valuable  services  and  substantial  aid  at  all  times. 

As  a  business  man  he  has  clearly  demonstrated  his  ability,  and 
ranks  at  the  top  of  the  list  of  self-made  successful  Chicagoans. 

As  a  citizen  he  is  thoroughly  trustworthy  of  any  honors  the 
public  may  see  fit  to  bestow  upon  him. 

Mr.  Moore  resides  with  his  wife  and  family  at  119  South 
Park  avenue  in  a  beautiful  and  happy  home. 


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HON.  SHERMAN  P.  CODY. 


THE  WELL  KNOWN  NEWSPAPER  MAN,   AND  ACTIVE  MEMBER  OF 
THE  HAMILTON  CLUB. 


Hon.  Sherman  P.  Cody  who  is  one  of  the  most  widely  known 
newspaper  men  in  the  city,  was  born  at  Naperville,  Du  Page 
County,  Illinois,  some  forty-two  years  ago.  He  is  the  son  of 
Ex-Judge  Hiram  H.  and  P.  E.  (Sedgwick)  Cody,  and  brother 
of  Arthur  B.  and  the  late  lamented  Hope  Reed  Cody. 

Hon.  Sherman  P.  Cody,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
afterwards  graduated  from  the  Northwestern  College  at  Naper- 
ville. When  only  fifteen  years  of  age  he  started  out  to  fight  the 
battles  of  life,  and  the  first  position  he  procured  was  that  of 
errand  boy  with  one  of  the  wholesale  drug  houses  of  Chicago. 
From  this  humble  position  he  arose  to  head  salesman,  and  after- 
wards traveled  for  six  years  for  some  New  York  and  Detroit 
houses.  After  this  his  newspaper  career  commenced  in  this 
city  in  which  business  he  has  ever  since  been  engaged,  in  con- 
nection with  ''The  Chicago  Eagle." 

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Mr.  Cody  was  elected  member  of  the  state  legislature  in 
1895,  and  during  his  term  in  that  body  introduced  and  secured 
the  passage  of  many  important  bills.  His  vote  will  be  found 
recorded  in  favor  of  every  measure  representing  the  best  interests 
of  his  District  as  well  as  Chicago  and  Cook  County. 

Mr.  Cody  secured  the  passage  of  a  bill  placing  the  Lincoln 
monument  in  the  hands  of  the  state  (thereby  not  only  abolishing 
the  pernicious  practice  of  charging  a  fee  of  admission,  but  guar- 
anteeing the  proper  care  and  preservation  of  this  historic  relic). 
He  also  supported  the  County  and  City  Civil  Service  bills,  and 
was  an  earnest  advocate  of  the  proposed  constitutional  conven- 
tion as  well  as  many  other  important  measures  too  numerous  to 
mention. 

Hon.  Sherman  P.  Cody  is  an  active  member  of  the  Hamilton 
Club  and  a  Mason  of  high  standing,  he  is  also  a  member  of 
several  other  benevolent  and  social  organizations.  He  is  very 
domestic  in  his  taste,  and  takes  much  pride  in  spending  his 
leisure  hours  in  the  company  of  his  wife  and  two  children.  He 
resides  in  an  extremely  happy  home  on  West  Monroe  street, 
Twelfth  Ward,  where  he  has  lived  for  over  twenty  years. 


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NEWTON  H.  FAIRBANKS. 


A    BRIGHT    YOUNG    LAWYER    AND    DEVOTED 
REPUBLICAN. 


Newton  H.  Fairbanks,  who  is  one  of  the  prominent  members 
of  the  Chicago  bar,  is  a  brother  to  Hon.  Charles  W.  Fairbanks, 
United  States  Senator  from  Indiana.  He  is  of  New  England 
descent.  His  instincts  and  character  are  as  sturdy  and  rugged 
in  sterling  characteristics  as  was  his  ancestry,  and  his  foothold 
in  his  profession  in  Chicago  is  both  sure  and  steadfast. 

Newton  H.  Fairbanks  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Unionville 
Center,  Ohio,  in  1859.  He  spent  the  first  eighteen  years  of  his 
life  engaged  on  the  farm,  where  he  worked  with  his  father  in  the 
summer  months  and  attended  the  country  school  in  winter.  A 
word  about  these  country  schools.  They  were  the  great  builders 
of  character  in  the  primitive  and,  indeed,  in  the  subsequent  days 
in  the  Western  States.  There  was  more  earnestness  and  more 
attention  paid  to  legitimate  study  therein  than  in  the  more  pre- 
tentious schools  of  to-day.  They  turned  out  almost  ready  for 

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college  courses  a  great  many  men  who  have  become  famous  in 
later  years,  and  judging  from  the  marked  ability  and  sound  judg- 
ment of  Mr.  Fairbanks,  it  is  but  reasonable  to  predict  that  he 
will  yet  rank  among  the  many  famous  men  who  can  so  proudly 
claim  the  State  of  Ohio  as  their  birth  place. 

On  leaving  the  country  school  young  Fairbanks  entered  the 
Ohio  Wesleyan  University  at  Delaware,  Ohio,  graduating  in  the 
classical  course  in  June,  1884,  and  two  years  later  received  the 
degree  of  M.  A.  from  the  same  institution. 

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Following  his  graduation  here  he  took  up  the  study  of  law  in 
the  Cincinnati  Law  School,  completing  his  course  in  May,  1885, 
immediately  after  which  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Ohio. 

In  November,  1887,  Mr.  Fairbanks  removed  to  Kansas  City 
and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession,  where  his  success  dur- 
ing the  ensuing  three  years  convinced  him  that  he  could  succeed 
in  a  larger  field,  with  the  result  that  he  removed  to  Chicago  in 
1890,  where  he  has  enjoyed  a  large  legal  practice  ever  since. 

Mr.  Fairbanks  is  a  brilliant  speaker  and  a  lawyer  of  remark- 
able ability  who  commands  the  confidence  of  the  public  and 
respect  of  the  bar  and  bench.  He  has  a  wide  and  varied  practice 
among  the  best  business  men  of  Chicago,  and  from  present  indi- 
cations is  in  a  fair  way  to  make  a  mark  at  his  profession  iu 
Chicago. 

Mr.  Fairbanks  is  a  much  honored  and  valued  member  of  the 
Hamilton  Club. 


JUDGE  LORIN  CONE  COLLINS. 


SUCCESSFUL     ON     THE    BENCH     AND     AT     THE     BAR 

RECOGNIZED    LEADER    IN    THE    COUNCILS 
OF    HIS    PARTY. 


There  are  few  men  if  any  in  the  entire  State  of  Illinois  who 
are  more  widely  known  and  none  more  highly  esteemed  and 
respected  by  all  classes  than  Judge  Lorin  C.  Collins,  late  of  the 
Circuit  bench  of  Cook  County. 

For  nearly  three  terms  which  he  served  on  the  Circuit  Court 
bench,  he  made  an  enviable  record  and  a  model  judge.  The 
poor  and  the  rich  were  treated  alike  by  him,  and  his  rulings, 
while  acting  in  the  capacity  as  jurist,  were  so  thoroughly  defined 
and  unquestionably  fair  in  all  cases  which  came  before  him  that 
they  will  be  quoted  by  the  legal  profession  for  generations  to 
come. 

From  a  political  standpoint,  Judge  Collins  is  what  may  be 
termed  a  leading  light  in  Republican  circles,  being  for  years 
recognized  as  the  ablest  orator  and  best  debater  of  political  issues 

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in  the  entire  State  of  Illinois.  In  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  has 
been  his  home  for  the  past  thirty  years,  politically  speaking,  the 
Judge  in  himself  is  considered  a  tower  of  strength  as  a  vote  get- 
ter to  the  great  Republican  party. 

Judge  Lorin  C.  Collins  was  born  at  Windsor,  Conn.,  August 
1,  1848.  His  father  was  the  Rev.  L.  C.  Collins,  a  prominent 
and  very  influential  minister  of  the  gospel,  and  his  mother  was 
Mary  Bemis  Collins,  both  parents  being  of  American  descent,  his 
earliest  ancestors  in  America  being  Governor  Bradford,  who 
came  to  this  country  with  the  Pilgrims  in  the  Mayflower.  The 
Rev.  L.  C.  Collins,  together  with  his  entire  family,  removed  to 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  in  1852.  They  would  doubtless  have  gone 
further  if  they  could,  but  in  1852  St.  Paul  was  considered  the 
end  of  this  continent  in  that  direction.  Here  Judge  Collins  spent 
his  boyhood's  happy  days  on  a  farm  near  St.  Paul,  and  here  he 
first  originated  the  unalterable  idea  within  his  youthful  but  bril- 
liant mind  of  becoming  a  lawyer. 

At  the  age  of  twenty  he  came  to  Chicago  and  entered  the 
Northwestern  University  at  Evanston,  where  he  graduated  with 
high  honors  in  1872.  Prior  to  his  course  at  the  Northwestern, 
he  had  the  advantage  of  a  preparatory  education  in  the  Ohio 
Wesleyan  University,  and  after  leaving  the  Northwestern  he  en- 
tered the  then  well-known  law  office  of  the  firm  of  Clarkson  & 
Van  Shaack,  of  Chicago,  and  pursued  his  legal  studies  there  until 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1874. 

Four  years  later  Judge  Collins  was  elected  to  the  Legislature, 
which  was  in  1878,  where  he  speedily  achieved  unusual  distinc- 
tion as  an  eloquent  debater.  He  was  re-elected  twice  in  succes- 
sion thereafter,  and  became  the  recognized  leader  of  his  party  up 
to  1883,  when  he  was  chosen  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, being  the  youngest  man  that  has  ever  been  honored 
with  that  exalted  position,  which  he  filled  to  the  general  satisfac- 
tion of  both  political  parties,  and  closed  his  legislative  career 
with  rare  but  deserved  credit  to  himself  and  congratulations  of 
the  public  in  general.  In  1884  Mr.  Collins  was  appointed  judge 
of  the  Circuit  Court  to  fill  an  unexpired  term,  and  so  thoroughly 
competent  did  he  prove  to  be  and  so  faithfully  did  he  perform 
his  duties  that  the  public  honored  him  with  election  to  succeed 
himself  for  two  successive  terms. 

Judge  Collins  resigned  from  the  Circuit  Court  bench  to  again 

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enter  the  private  law  practice  before  his  last  term  of  office  had 
expired.  From  a  legal,  political  and  social  standpoint  the  Judge 
is  very  popular,  and  has  frequently  been  urged  by  his  many 
friends  to  allow  his  name  to  go  before  the  public  as  a  candidate 
for  mayor  of  Chicago.  He  is  a  very  prominent  member  of  the 
following  societies:  Masonic  order,  where  he  has  advanced  to 
the  degree  of  Knight  Templar,  Union  League  Club,  Miltona  Club, 
which  he  founded  twelve  years  ago,  American  Wheelmen,  for 
which  he  defeated  the  notorious  bicycle  tax  law  at  his  own 
expense,  passed  by  the  city  council  and  signed  by  Mayor  Harri- 
son. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Hamilton  Club,  Washington 
Park  Club,  the  Hyde  Park  Club  and  the  American  Yacht  Club, 
in  all  of  which  he  takes  an  active  interest. 

We  predict  for  Judge  Collins  in  the  councils  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  a  deservedly  bright  political  future. 


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LEONARD  GOODWIN. 


A    PROMINENT    REPUBLICAN    AND    LAWYER    OF    REMARKABLE 

ABILITY. 


Leonard  Goodwin  is  a  Republican  of  the  old  school.  He  was 
born  August  25th,  1859,  at  Aurora,  Illinois,  his  early  education 
being  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  said  city.  He  began  the 
study  of  law  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years  in  the  office  of  Judge 
M.  O.  South  worth,  of  Aurora,  Illinois,  and  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  Illinois  in  the  fall  of 
1880.  He  removed  to  Creston,  Iowa,  where  he  practiced  law 
for  two  years. 

Mr.  Goodwin's  health  began  to  fail  about  that  time,  and  he 
was  compelled  to  travel  for  several  years,  and  finally  settled 
down  at  San  Diego,  California,  wrhere  he  resumed  the  practice  of 
law  for  seven  years.  He  resided  there  during  the  great  real 
estate  boom  in  1886,  and  through  his  usual  good  judgment 
accumulated  considerable  wealth  by  speculating  in  real  estate. 

Mr.  Goodwin  took  an  active  part  in  Republican  politics  in 
San  Diego,  where  he  acted  as  member  of  the  Republican  County 

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Central  Committee  for  four  years,  and  during  that  time  served 
as  chairman  of  the  Republican  City  Central  Committee. 

During  his  residence  in  San  Diego  Mr.  Goodwin  was  a  recog- 
nized Republican  leader.  He  did  more  than  any  one  else  to 
break  up  the  corrupt  political  ring  which  at  that  time  existed  in 
San  Diego  and  had  deceived  the  people  and  looted  the  treasury, 
and  it  was  largely  through  his  efforts  that  this  gang  was  "broken 
up  and  a  straight  Republican  ticket  elected  for  the  first  time  in 
the  history  of  the  county. 

Mr.  Goodwin  returned  to  Chicago  in  October,  1894,  where 
he  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  ever  since. 
His  offices  are  in  the  Roanoke  Building.  He  has  resided  in  the 
Twenty-fourth  Ward  during  his  residence  in  this  city,  where  he 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  Republican  politics.  He  is  captain 
of  the  Twenty-second  Precinct,  and  a  member  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  ward  club. 

He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Marquette  Club,  of  which  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  political  action  committee  for  the  past 
two  years.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Hamilton  Club. 

Mr.  Leonard  Goodwin  is  a  recognized  lawyer  of  remarkable 
ability,  and  is  a  brother  to  Judge  R.  P.  Goodwin,  of  Kane 
County,  Illinois. 


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HON.  EDWARD  J.  DWYER. 


FORMER    LEADER    OF    THE    ILLINOIS    STATE    SENATE. 


Hon.  Edward  J.  Dwyer,  whose  success  in  political  and  busi- 
ness ventures  entitles  him  to  honorable  mention  as  a  splendid 
type  of  self-made  Chicagoan.  His  success  in  the  political  field 
was  entirely  due  to  his  unalterable  loyalty  to  faithful  constitu- 
ents, and  his  success  from  a  business  standpoint  was  due  to  his 
integrity  and  ability. 

Mr.  Dwyer  was  born  in  Chicago,  November  21st,  1861,  in 
the  Seventeenth  Ward,  in  which  he  became  a  dictator  and  leader 
from  the  time  he  attained  his  majority  up  to  a  few  months  ago, 
when  he  moved  to  the  Twelfth  Ward.  His  father  was  Michael 
J.  Dwyer,  and  his  mother  Mary  B.  (Guinan)  Dwyer.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch,  Mr.  Edward  J.  Dwyer,  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of-  Chicago,  located  on  the  West  Side,  and 
when  only  seventeen  years  of  age  entered  the  employ  of  William 
Burgess  Printing  Company,  which  was  located  in  the  old  Times 

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building;  the  position  which  he  first  held  was  that  of  mailer, 
which  position  he  afterwards  filled  with  the  old  Chicago  Times, 
the  Inter  Ocean  and  Tribune.  Mr.  Dwyer  resigned  his  position 
with  the  Tribune  to  accept  a  position  as  Superintendent  of  the 
Althrop  Mailing  and  Publishing  House,  which  was  at  that  time 
the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  city. 

He  resigned  that  position  only  to  accept  a  clerkship  in  the 
city  clerk's  office. 

In  1890  the  political  career  of  Mr.  Dwyer  began.  He 
received  the  nomination  for  West  Town  Clerk  that  year  on  the 
Republican  ticket,  and  strange,  as  it  may  seem  he  was  the  only 
Republican  elected  on  the  West  Town  ticket.  This  gave  Mr. 
Dwyer  such  a  stronghold  with  his  party,  that  he  was  chosen  as  the 
Republican  standard  bearer  for  West  Town  Assessor  in  1892,  to 
Avhich  position  he  was  elected  by  a  very  handsome  majority. 

The  operating  expense  of  the  West  Town  office  under 
Assessor  Dwyer  was  only  $21,000,  and  under  several  Democratic 
administrations  which  followed  afterwards  the  operating  expense 
amounted  to  more  than  three  times  that  much. 

The  straightforward  conservative  business-like  administration 
of  the  affairs  of  the  West  Town,  as  rendered  by  Mr.  Dwyer,  was 
so  highly  approved  by  the  press,  and  the  public  in  general  that 
Mayor  Washburn  induced  him  to  accept  a  position  in  his  cabinet 
as  superintendent  of  the  Water  office,  which  position  he  filled 
with  credit  to  himself  and  the  mayor  that  appointed  him. 

In  1894  Mr.  Dwyer  was  nominated  for  State  Senator  from 
the  Seventeenth  Senatorial  district,  which  is  admittedly  a  Demo- 
cratic stronghold,  the  Democratic  nominee  being  one  of  the 
most  popular  and  influential  Democrats  on  the  entire  West  Side. 
Notwithstanding  all  these  disadvantages,  the  friends  of  Mr. 
Dwyer  rallied  to  his  assistance,  and  elected  him  State  Senator  with 
a  very  handsome  majority  over  his  opponent. 

Being  possessed  of  more  than  ordinary  intelligence,  besides 
being  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  many  defects  in  our  statute 
laws,  especially  that  which  applied  to  governing  large  cities,  it 
will  be  remembered  it  did  not  take  Mr.  Dwyer  long  to  master  the 
situation,  and  soon  his  ability  was  recognized  to  such  an  extent 
that  during  the  last  two  years  of  his  administration  he  became 
the  recognized  leader  of  the  State  Senate. 

Many  of  the  best  laws  and   reforms   which   appear  on  our 

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statute  books  today  owe  their  existence  to  Senator  Edward  J. 
Dwyer,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  the  Civil  Service  law,  the 
Torren's  Land  Act,  the  new  Revenue  law,  and  the  Special  Assess- 
ment law. 

Mr.  Dwyer  was  a  member  of  the  Republican  County  Cen- 
tral Committee  for  four  years,  during  which  time  he  served  as 
secretary  of  that  body  for  two  years. 

Mr.  Dwyer  has  long  been  recognized  as  a  leader  in  Republican 
politics  of  the  West  Side,  and  so  faithfully  has  he  performed  the 
duties  that  devolved  upon  him,  that  he  has  been  called  into  what 
is  known  as  the  confidential  inner  circle  of  the  party  for  advice 
regarding  the  situation,  and  the  advice  of  Mr.  Dwyer  in  such 
matters  has  always  been  regarded  as  being  sound,  and  in  the  best 
interest  of  the  Republican  party. 

Mr.  Dwyer  was  married  in  1894  to  Miss  Mollie  V.  Lawler, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Lawler,  and  niece  of  the  late  Hon.  Frank 
Lawler.  One  boy  has  blessed  the  union,  and  brightens  the  new 
home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dwyer,  which  is  at  1658  Jackson 
Boulevard. 


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HON.  JOSEPH  C.  BRADEN. 


THE  UNTIRING  WORKER  OF  THE  SANITARY  DISTRICT  BOARD 
OF  CHICAGO. 


Hon.  Joseph  C.  Braden  is  one  of  the  most  faithful  and  untir- 
ing workers  connected  with  the  Sanitary  District  Board  of 
Chicago. 

Mr.  Braden  was  born  at  Joliet,  Illinois,  some  forty-one  years 
ago,  his  parents  being  old  respected  residents  of  that  city. 

Mr.  Joseph  Braden,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  after 
leaving  school  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  began  his  business 
career  as  an  insurance  writer.  He  soon  built  up  a  large  business, 
and  at  one  time  was  accorded  the  credit  of  writing  about  one- 
third  of  all  the  insurance  premiums  carried  in  that  town.  Mr. 
Braden  came  to  Chicago  in  1882,  and  continued  in  the  insurance 
business  ever  since,  having  been  most  of  that  time  associated 
with  the  firm  which  he  is  to-day  connected  with.  He  enjoys  a 
large  patronage  among  the  very  best  commercial  circles  of  this 
community,  all  of  whom  regard  him  as  a  very  honorable  and 
straight  forward  business  man. 

Mr.  Braden  who  has  always  been  a  Republican,  first  became 
prominent  in  political  circles  during  the  fall  campaign  of 
1895,  when  he  was  elected  Secretary  of  the  Republican  County 
Executive  Committee.  He  did  such  excellent  work  in  this  con- 
nection that  he  made  a  very  favorable  impression  on  the  powers 
that  usually  control  conventions  in  Cook  County,  consequently 
Mr.  Braden  was  rewarded  with  the  nomination  and  election  as 
Sanitary  Trustee  of  Chicago  in  1896,  which  position  he  has  ever 
since  filled  with  credit  to  himself,  and  the  general  satisfaction  of 
the  public.  Although  a  very  busy  man  with  his  insurance  and 
other  business  interests,  Mr.  Braden  has  never  missed  a  meet- 
ing of  the  committees  of  the  Sanitary  Board,  whether  a  member 
of  said  committee  or  not. 

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He  has  at  all  times  opposed  extravagance  and  his  vigilance  in 
this  direction  while  a  member  of  the  Sanitary  District  Board  of 
Chicago,  has  saved  the  taxpayers  thousands  of  dollars. 

Mr.  Joseph  C.  Braden  has  a  very  extensive  acquaintance 
throughout  this  city,  among  whom  he  enjoys  an  excellent  reputa- 
tion, both  from  a  business  and  political  standpoint.  His  success 
in  life  has  been  entirely  due  to  his  own  efforts,  along  the  path- 
way of  perseverance  and  energy.  He  is  very  domestic  in  his 
tastes,  a  devoted  husband  and  spends  his  happiest  hours  by  his 
own  fireside. 

Mr.  Braden  is  eulogized  by  his  extensive  acquaintance 
who  regard  him  as  a  splendid  type  of  American  citizen.  But 
little  doubt  is  entertained  by  his  many  friends  but  what  his 
name,  which  is  in  itself  a  tower  of  strength,  will  again  appear 
upon  the  official  ballot  to  succeed  himself  next  November. 

In  the  history  of  Chicago,  a  more  important  elective  body 
never  legislated  in  the  interest  of  this  community  than  the  Board 
of  Sanitary  Trustees  of  Chicago.  For  years  and  years,  this  city 
was  infested  with  the  foul  stifle  of  stagnated  water  of  the 
Chicago  river,  the  water  of  Lake  Michigan  was  polluted  with 
refuse  and  sewerage  overflow,  and  in  fact  relief  seemed  almost 
hopeless.  The  present  splendid  Board  of  Sanitary  Trustees,  of 
which  Mr.  Braden  is  a  much  valued  member,  done  much  toward 
accomplishing  the  desired  relief  in  this  direction  for  the  people 
of  Chicago.  Under  the  present  splendid  Board  of  Sanitary  Trus- 
tees the  work  was  prosecuted  with  such  dispatch,  that  contractors 
were  compelled  to  work  day  and  night.  When  contracts  were 
let,  a  clause  containing  a  time  limit  for  completion  was  inserted, 
and  the  work  which  was  watched  very  closely  by  Mr.  Braden 
and  the  other  members  of  the  board  was  completed  January  2, 
1900.  For  generations  to  come  this  great  American  waterway 
known  as  the  Sanitary  District  of  Chicago,  which  now  flows  with 
a  rapid  and  clear  current  from  Chicago  to  the  gulf,  will  serve  as 
a  living  monument  to  Sanitary  Trustee  Joseph  C.  Braden, 
and  his  other  associates  on  that  important  board. 


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ALEXANDER  H.  REVELL. 


A  SELF-MADE  MAN  OF  WHOM  CHICAGO  MAY  WELL,  BE  PROUD. 


Alexander  H.  Revell,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  is  one  of  the 
best  known  merchants  not  alone  in  Chicago  but  throughout  the 
entire  West. 

Mr.  Revell  was  born  in  Chicago  in  1858.  His  father  David 
James  Revell,  came  to  the  United  States  from  Ireland  in  the 
early  '40s,  and  was  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  in  a  rather 
successful  scale  up  to  the  great  fire  of  1871. 

This  often  told  disastrous  fire  destroyed  the  earnings  and 
accumulation  of  a  life  time  of  not  alone  Mr.  David  James  Revell, 
but  of  almost  hundreds  of  thousands  of  others. 

David  James  Revell  died  soon  after  the  big  fire  of  1871,  and 
his  son  Alexander  H.  Revell  who  was  then  at  a  very  tender  age, 
was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources  to  provide  for  himself  and 
contribute  to  the  support  of  the  remainder  of  the  family. 

From  the  humble  position  of  clerk  in  a  furniture  store  at 
$8  per  week,  Mr.  Revell  climbed  the  ladder  of  life  until  he  is 

195 


today  at  the  head  of  the  immense  furniture  house  known  as 
Alexander  H.  Revell  &  Co.,  located  at  Wabash  avenue  and 
Adams  street. 

Alexander  H.  Revell's  ambition  did  not  even  rest  here  at  the 
head  of  this  great  commercial  institution.  He  has  frequently  lent 
his  aid  to  the  building  up  of  the  great  Republican  party  not  alone 
in  this  city  but  of  the  state  and  nation,  being  prompted  by  no 
selfish  motives  in  doing  so. 

Mr.  Revell  is  a  Republican  of  the  pure  political  school.  He 
is  a  thinker,  a  reader  and  a  student  of  civic  affairs.  He  has 
repeatedly  devoted  his  time  and  talents  in  the  interest  of  good 
national  and  municipal  government  during  campaigns. 

Mr.  Revell  served  one  term  as  president  of  the  Union  League, 
which  is  considered  the  foremost  club  of  this  city.  He  has 
traveled  extensively,  having  set  foot  in  every  quarter  of  the 
globe.  He  is  an  athlete ,  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Athletic  Club, 
an  excellent  boxer  and  a  good  swimmer.  His  varied  tastes 
include  a  love  for  military  affairs,  and  he  carried  a  rifle  in  Com- 
pany D,  First  Regiment,  I.  N.  G.  He  was  formerly  president 
of  the  Marquette  Club.  During  the  World's  Fair  his  position  as 
director  and  chairman  of  the  committee  on  publicity  and  promo- 
tion identified  him  closely  with  the  success  of  that  undertaking. 

Mr.  Revell  is  a  member  of  the  Lafayette  Memorial  Com- 
mission. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
Northwestern  University  and  is  prominently  identified  with 
many  Chicago  organizations. 


COOK  COUNTY  REPUBLICAN  CENTRAL 
COMMITTEE,  1899. 

Headquarters,  northeast  corner  Randolph 
and  Dearborn  sts.    Tel.  Main  4650. 

JOHN  M.  SMYTH,  Chairman. 
FRED  L.  WILK,  Vice-Chairman. 
ROB'T  M.  SIMON,  Secretary. 
FRED  M.  BLOUNT,  Treasurer. 
Ward. 

1  I  N.  Powell,  339  Michigan  av. 

2  Jas.  P.  Smith,  1503  Michigan  av. 

3  Perry  A.  Hull,  108  La  Salle  st. 

4  John  T.  Richards,  140  Dearborn  St. 

5  E.  J.  Magerstadt,  Sheriff's  Office. 

6  Frank  J.  Palt,  108  La  Salle  st 

7  Jno.  A.  Cooke.  624  S.  Halsted  st. 

8  P.  F.  Burke,  492  S.  Center  av. 

9  Joseph  E.  Bidwill,  R.  R.  and  W.  H.  Com. 

Office. 

10  Wm.  Lorimer,  1268  15th  st. 

11  Jno.  J.  Badenoch,  44  Desplaines  st. 

12  Fred  M.  Blount,  Chicago  National  Bank. 

13  D.   A.    Campbell,    1218   Chamber   Com- 

merce bldg. 

14  Fred  L    Wilk,  Union  Trust  Co 

15  Jas.  Reddick,  Clerk,  Probate  Court, 

16  Geo.  C.  Lenke,  608  Milwaukee  av. 

17  F.  E.  Erickson,  256  Carpenter  st. 

18  George  Berz,  299  Jackson  Blvd. 

19  ChrisiMamer,  156  Throop  St. 

20  Thomas  Ruskin,  Lake  and  Peoria  Sts. 

21  A.  F.  Henderson,  124  Lincoln  Ave. 

22  F.  A.  Busse,  504  N.  Clark  st. 

23  Jno.  A.  Linn,  12  and  14  Clybourn  av. 

24  J.  P.  Whedon,  Virginia  Hotel. 

25  James  Pease,  3212  Dover  st. 

26  Rob't  M.  Simon,  Recorder's  office. 

27  W.  M.  McE wan, State's  Attorney's  office. 

28  Frederick  Lundin,  2345  W.  Kinzie  st. 

29  Wm.  Webh,  4430  Wentworth  av. 

30  Chas.S.  Deneen,  State's  Attoru'y's office. 

31  Chas.  W.  Vail,  155  La  Salle  st. 

32  D.  H.  Koohersberger,  3987  Drexel  Blvd. 

33  John  Hanberg,  9928  Escanaba  av. 

34  Jno.  J.  Magee,  Lake  av.  and  57th  st. 

COUNTY    DISTRICTS. 

1  John    Schilling,    South     Holland,    Cook 

County,  111. 

2  W.  H.  Weber,  Blue  Island,  Cook  County, 

111. 

3  Frank   M.    Hoffman,     Glenview,     Cook 

County,  111. 

4  O.   W.   Nash,   Oak   Park,  Cook  County, 

111. 

5  Milan  Reynolds,  Palatine,  Cook  County, 

111. 

6  Geo.  W.  Paulin,  Evanston,  Cook  County, 

111. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

John  M.  Smyth,  Chairman. 

Fred  L.  Wilk,  Vice-Chairman. 

Rob't  M.  Simon,  Secretary. 

Fred  M.  Blount,  Treasurer. 
Chas.  S.  Deneen  Jos.  E.  Bidwill 

Fred  L.  Wilk  D.  A.  Campbell 

Rob't  M.  Simon  E.  J.  Magerstadt 

Fred  M.  Blount  Chris   Mamer 

Jno,  M.Smyth  F.  A.  Busse 

Wm.  Lorimer  Jno.  A.  Cooke 

Jas.  Pease  Wm.  H.  Weber 

D.  H.  Kochersberger  Henty  L.  Hertz 

Graeme  Stewart 

SUB-COMMITTEES. 

Finance- 
Graeme  Stewart,  Chairman 
Auditing— 

D.  D.  Kochersberger,  Chairman 
Chris.  Mamer  Rob't  M.  Simon 

Fred  L.  Wilk  Henry  L.  Hertz 


Organization  and  Registration — 

Wm.  Lorimer,  Chairman 
Wm.  Weber  Joseph  E.  Bidwill 

Fred  A.  Busse  E.  J.  Magerstadt 

Naturalization — 

Daniel  A.  Campbell,  Chairman 
Jno.  A.  Cooke  Fred  A.  Busse 

Rob't  M.  Simon  Wm.  H.  Weber 

Halls,  Speakers  and  Printing— 
Jno.  A.  Cooke,  Chairman. 
Henry  L.  Hertz  D.  A.  Campbell 

Fred  A.  Busse  Joseph  E.  Bidwill 

Detection  and  Prevention  of  Fraud- 
James  Pease,  Chairman 
Chris.  Mamer  Jno.  M.  Smyth 

Wm.  Lorimer  Chas.  S.  Deneen 

Henry  L.  Hertz 

REPUBLICAN    STATE    CENTRAL    COM- 
MITTEE, 1899. 
Headquarters   Great    Northern    Hotel, 

Chicago. 

CHAS.  S.  RANNELLS,  Chairman. 
JAS.  R.  B.  VAN  CLEAVE,  Secretary. 
JAS.  H.  GILBERT,  Treasurer. 

DIST. 

1  T.  N.  Jamieson,  Chicaeo. 

2  Charles  S.  Deneen,  Chicago. 

3  E.  J.  Magerstadt,  Chicago. 

4  J.  E.  Bid  well,  Chicago. 

5  Adam  Wolf,  Chicauo. 

6  Fred  A.  Busse,  Chicago. 

7  James  Pease,  Chicago. 

8  L.  T.  Hoy.  Woodstock. 

9  I.  R.  Crowley,  Freeport. 

10  James  McKinney.  Aledo. 

1 1  Ralph  Bradford.  Pontiac. 

12  Len  Small,  Kankakee. 

13  Charles  G.  Eokhart,  Tuscola. 

14  I.  C.  Edwards,  Peoria. 

15  J.  M.  Scholl,  Carthage. 

16  C.  S.  Rannells,  Jacksonville. 

17  Clarence  R.  Paul,  Springfield. 

18  S.  F.  Bennett.  LitchfieUJ. 

19  P.  W.  Barnes,  Lawrence. 

20  B.  D.  Monroe,  Louisville. 

21  J.  A.  Willoughby,  East  St.  Louia. 

22  John  M.  Herbert,  Murphysboro. 

AT  LARGE. 

Dan  Hogan,  Mound  City. 
John  Lambert,  Joliet. 
Alexander  Johnson,  Chicago. 
E.  H.  Morris,  Chicago. 
Joseph  Brucker,  Chicago. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

T,  N,  Jamieson,  Chairman,  Chicago. 

Daniel  Hogan,  Mound  City. 

James  McKinney,  Aledo. 

Charles  S.  Deneen.  Chicago. 

Clarence  R.  Paul, Springfield. 

Philip  W.  Barnes,  Lawrence. 

James  Pease,  Chicago. 

Isaac  C.  Edwards,  Peoria, 

J.  Mack  Scholl,  Carthage. 

James  A.  Willoughby,  East  St.  Louis. 

Charles  S.  Rannells,  Jacksonville. 

James  R.  B.  Van  Cleave,  Sec'y,  Chicago. 

CONGRESSIONAL  DISTRICTS 

FIRST  DISTRICT. 

The  3d  ward,  that  part  of  the  4th  ward 
east  of  the  center  line  of  Wentworth  ave- 
nue, the  31st,  32d,  33d  and  34th  wards  and 
the  Towns  of  Bloom,  Bremen,  Calumet,  Or- 
land,  Rich,  Thornton  and  Worth. 
Committeemen : 

3  E.  H.  Morris,  2712  Dearborn  st. 

4  Jno.  L.  Frazier,  74  37th  st. 

31  Paul  Vrezens,  6755  Emerald  ave. 

32  A.  V.  Lee,  5446  Cornell  ave. 

33  Jacob  Bremer.  9277  S.  Chicago  ave. 

34  Jno.  H.  Nichols,  10741  Michigan  ave. 
S.  C.  Reed,  Blue  Island. 

Jacob  Kirgis,  Chicago  Heights. 


197 


CONGRESSIONAL  DISTRICTS— Cout'd. 


SENATORIAL  DISTRICTS. 


SECOND    DISTRICT. 

The  10th,  28th,  29th  and  30th  wards,  and 
the  towns  of  Cicero,  Elk  Grove,  Hanover, 
Lemont,  Leydon,  Lyons,  Maine,  Norwood 
Park,  Palos,  Proviso,  Riverside  and 
Schaumberg. 

Committeemen : 

10  Henry  Schanze,  Western  ave.  and  21st 

place. 

28    Jno.  J.  McKenna,  Sheriff's  office. 
26    M.  J.  Murphy,  4308  S.  Wood  st 
30    P.  O.  Johnson.  5008  Wentworth  ave 

H.  D.  Pearce,  Oak  Park. 

J.  P.  O'Sullivan,  Maywood. 

Jno.  T.  Allison,  LaGrange. 

THIRD   DISTRICT. 

The  1st,  2d,  5th,  6th  and  7th  wards,  and 
that  part  of  the  4th  ward  west  of  ttie  center 
line  of  Wentworth  avenue. 
Committeemen : 

1  D.  W.  Nickerson,  Clifton  House. 

2  Morris  Selz,  1717  Michigan  ave 

4  Hugh  Morris,  3624  Fifth  ave 

5  Jno.  A.  Kunz,  2209  Archer  ave 

6  Jacob  Frank,  3033  Archer  ave 

7  James  Kadza,  99  15th  st 

FOURTH  DISTRICT. 

The  8th,  9th,  12th  and  19th  wards. 
Committeemen : 

8  W.  H.  Curran,  701  S.  Center  ave 

9  Geo.  B.  Elbe,  673  Blue  Island  ave 

12  Geo.  F.  Gilbert,  1649  Jackson  blvd 

19  P.  J.  Meaney,  287  S.  Jefferson  ave 

FIFTH  DISTRICT. 

The  llth,  13th,  16th,  17th  and  18th  wards. 
Committeemen : 

11  Chas.  E.  George,  Probate  Clerk's  office 

13  John  W.  Tindall,  652  Walnut  st 

16  Chas.  J.  Ryberg,  469  Milwaukee  ave 

17  E.  J.  Dwyer,  271  Austin  ave 

18  Charles   Garrard,   Monroe  and   Sanga- 
mon  Sts. 

SIXTH  DISTRICT. 

The  20th,  21st,  22nd,  23d  and  24th  wards 
and  that  part  of  the  25th  ward  south  of  the 
center  line  of  Diversey  street  and  west  of 
the  center  line  of  Halsted  street,  and  that 
part  of  the  26th  ward  south  of  the  center 
line  of  Belmont  avenue. 
Committeemen : 

20  Thos.  Rankin,  278  Seminary  ave 

21  Henry  Spears,  681  N.  Park  ave 

22  Wm.  Baumer,  492  Wells  st 

23  Frank  J.  Chaiser,  366  E.  Division  st 

24  Jno.  C.  W.  Rhode,  339  N.  Clark  st 

25  Geo.  B.  Milne,  448  Seminary  ave 

26  Jas.  T.  French,  25  Surry  Ct 

SEVENTH  DISTRICT. 

The  14th,  15th  and  27th  wards,  the  25th 
ward  except  that  part  south  of  the  center 
line  of  Diversey  street  and  west  of  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Halsted  street,  and  that  part  of 
the  26th  ward  north  of  the  center  line  of 
Belmont  avenue,  in  the  City  of  Chicago ;  also 
the  towns  of  Barrington,  Evanston,  Niles, 
New  Trier,  Northfield,  Palatine  and  Wheel- 
ing in  Cook  County  and  the  County  of  Lake. 
Committeemen : 

14  W.  C.  Eggert,  784  N.  Irving  ave 

15  Frank  Cariezel,  302  Cortland  st 

25  Earl  Hamilton,  99  Bouna  ave 

26  E.  W.  Zander,  2773  N.  Robey  st 
87    Henry  Wulff,  Jefferson  Park 

J.  A.  Childs,  Evanston 

S.  C.  Sexaner 

C.  A.  Murray,  Waukegan,  Lake  Co. 


FIRST   DISTRICT. 

The  1st  and  5th  wards,  and  the  2d  ward, 
except  that  part  lying  south  of  the  center 
line  of  Twenty-second  street  and  west  of  the 
center  line  of  State  street. 
Committeemen : 

1  Chas.  A.  Wathier,  365  5th  ave 

2  Chas.  L.  Sherlock.  89  18th  st 

5    John  Lyons,  3095  Portland  ave 

SECOND  DISTRICT. 

The  12th  ward,  and  the  whole  of  the  10th 
ward,  except  that  part  lying  south  of  the 
center  line  of  Twenty-first  street  and  east  of 
the  center  line  of  Campbell  avenue. 

Committeemen : 

10    Horace  Chadwick,  990  Clifton  Park  ave 
12    D.  W.  Clark,  956  Warren  ave 
10    A.  W.  Noher,  123  Hartford  bldg 

THIRD   DISTRICT. 

The  31st,  33d  and  34th  wards,  and  the  town 
of  Calumet. 

Committeemen : 

31  J.  W.  Gibbs,  6434  Butler  st 

33  Wm.  L.  Evans,  9312  Anthony  ave 

34  Chas.  W.  Taylor,  Criminal  Court  bldg 
M .  E.  Baldwin,  Morgan  Park,  Calumet 

FOURTH  DISTRICT. 

The  29  and  30th  wards. 

Committeemen : 

29    Thos.  Boyer,  4300  Emerald  ave 
29    Andrew  Bankert,  3942  State  st 

29  Bernard  Duffy,  4347  Wentworth  ave 

30  Jas.  Kinlock,  4735  Dearborn  st 
30    Alf  Anderson,  52  Atlantic  st 

30  Thos.  Lyons,  care  of  U.  S.  Yds.Co. 
30  Carl  Lundberp,  5949  Sangamon  st 
30  Mike  Walsh.  4738  Union  ave 

FIFTH  DISTRICT. 

The  3rd,  4th  and  32d  wards,  and  that  part 
of  the  2d  ward  lying  south  of  the  center  line 
of  22d  street  and  west  of  the  center  line  of 
State  street. 

Committeemen: 

2  H.  L.  Martin,  2436  Dearborn  st 

3  Thos.  Holmes,  2938  Groveland  st 

32  F.  L.  Fake,  81  47th  st 

SIXTH   DISTRICT 

The  20th  and  26th  wards,  and  that  part  of 
the  25th  ward  lying  north  of  the  center  line 
of  Montrose  boulevard,  and  that  part  of 
the  25th  ward  lying  east  of  the  center  line 
of  Western  avenue. 
Committemen : 

15   Edwd.  Benzo,  738  Elston  ave 
20    Otto  Wormike,  130  Lewis  st 

25  Walter  V.  Hayt,  3179  Dover  st 

26  John  Schmidt,  1139  Oakdale  ave 

SEVENTH  DISTRICT. 

The  Towns  of  Barrington,  Bloom,  Bremen, 
Cicero,  Elk  Grove,  Evanston,  Hanover,  Le- 
mont, Leyden,  Lyons,  Main,  New  Trier, 
Niles,  Northfield,  Norwood  Park,  Orleans, 
Palatine,  Palos,  Proviso,  Rich.  Schaum, 
berg,  Thornton,  Wheeling  and  Worth. 
Committeemen : 

Geo.  W.  Pauling,  Evanston. 

R.  H.  Muir,  Clyde. 

W.  G.  Eddy,  Harvey. 

F.  C.  Kyle,  Blue  Island. 

F.  H.  Warner,  Western  Springs. 

Andrew  Schmitz,  Niles  Center. 

Chas.  E.  Julian,  Palatine. 


198 


SENATORIAL  DISTRICTS— Cont'd. 
NINTH   DISTRICT. 

The  6th  ward,  that  part  of  the  9th  ward 
south  of  the  center  line  of  Sixteenth  street, 
that  part  of  the  10th  ward  south  of  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Twenty-first  street  and  east  of 
the  center  line  of  Campbell  avenue,  and 
that  part  of  the  28th  ward  lying  between 
the  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal  and  the 
center  line  of  Twenty-ninth  street. 
Committeemen : 

6    A.  T.  Jones,  2521  Hickory  st. 

6    Thos.  Lynch,  3404  Lowe  st. 

6  I.  N.  Kelso,  3343  So.  Wood  st. 
9    Jacob  Grosser,  691  W.  20th  st. 

10    Wm.  Hilgendorf,  920  W.  21st  st. 
28    John  J.  McKenna,  Sheriff's  office. 

ELEVENTH  DISTRICT. 

The  14th  ward,  the  15th  ward  west  of  the 
center  line  of  Western  avenue,  the  27th 
ward  and  the  28th  ward,  except  that  part 
lying  between  the  Illinois  and  Michigan 
Canal  and  the  center  line  of  Thirty-ninth 
street. 

Committeemen : 

14  Geo.  A.  Mugler,  710  N.  California  ave. 

15  Fred  Ellert,  388  Homer  st. 

27  J.  H.  Metier,  1763  Kedzie  ave. 

28  F.  C.  Lovejoy,  2203  Gladys  ave. 

THIRTEENTH  DISTRICT. 

The  7th  and  8th  wards,  and  that  part  of 
the  19th  ward  bounded  on  the  north  by  the 
center  line  of  Taylor  street,  on  the  east  by 
the  center  line  of  Desplaines  street,  on  the 
south  by  the  center  line  of  Twelfth  street, 
and  on  the  west  by  the  center  line  of  New- 
berry  avenue. 

Committeemen: 

7  S.  Dreiben,  cor.  Newberry  ave  and  Hen- 

ry st. 

8  Frank  Sevick,  659  S.  Morgan  st. 
19    J.  Finkelstein,  50  Newberry  ave. 

FIFTEENTH  DISTRICT. 

The  9th  ward  north  of  the  center  line  of 
Sixteenth  street,  the  llth  ward  south  of  the 
center  line  of  Lake  street,  and  the  19th 
ward,  except  that  part  bounded  on  the 
north  by  the  center  line  of  Taylor  street,  on 


the  east  by  the  center  line  of  Desplaines 
street,  on  the  south  by  the  center  line  of 
Twelfth  street,  and  on  the  west  by  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Newberry  avenue. 

Committeemen: 
9    W.  H.  Ward,  355^  Loomis  st. 
11    W.  D.  Kent,  450  W.  Congress  st. 
19    Jas.  Ahern,  355  W.  Congress  st. 

SEVENTEENTH  DISTRICT. 

The  llth  ward  north  of  the  center  line  of 
Lake  street,  and  the  17th  and  18th  wards. 

Committeemen : 
11    Louis  Sitts,  440  Grand  ave. 

17  Albert  Oberndorf,  343  Fulton  st. 

18  Geo.  Berz,  299  Jackson  blvd. 

NINETEENTH  DISTRICT. 

The   13th  ward,  and  all  of  the  16th  ward 
except  that  part  lying  east  of  the  center 
line  of  Noble  street  and  south  of  the  center 
line  of  Division   street  to  the  center  line  of 
Milwaukee  avenue. 
Committeemen : 
13    D.  B.  Moore,  171  Emerson  ave. 

13  J.  E.  Drum,  147  Walnut  st. 
16    R.  C.  Busse,  59  Dearborn  st. 

TWENTY-FIRST  DISTRICT. 

The  21st  and  22d  wards,  and  that  part  of 
the   25th    ward    south  of  the  center  line  of 
Montrose  boulevard. 
Committeemen : 

21  Fred  Oest. 

22  L.  Warmecke,  331  Larrabee  st. 
25    D.  Campbell,  115  Dearborn  st. 

TWENTY-THIRD  DISTRICT. 

That  part  of  the  16th  ward  lying  east  of 
the  center  Hue  of  Noble  street  and  south  of 
the  center  line  of  Division  street  to  the 
center  line  of  Milwaukee  avenue,  and  the 
23d  and  24th  wards. 

Committeemen : 

16  James  F.  Smulski,  565  Noble  st. 

28  Jno.  R.  Peterson,  71  Hobbie  st. 

14  Saml.  Erickson,  57  Locust  st. 
24  T.  J.  Scanlon,  211  La  Salle  ave. 
24  Geo.  P.  Scheiber,  273  Rush  st. 
24  A.  Levison,  332  Eden  st. 


199 


NUMBER  OF  PRECINCTS  IN  EACH  WARD 


IN  THE  CITY  OF  CHICAGO,  TOWN  OF  CICERO  AND  COUNTRY  DISTRICTS 
IN    COOK   COUNTY,   OUTSIDE    OF   CICERO. 


First  Ward 23  Precincts. 

Second  Ward 23 

Third  Ward 25 

Fourth   Ward 28 

Fifth  Ward  30 

Sixth  Ward 36 

Seventh  Ward 22 

Eighth  Ward 23 

Ninth  Ward  29 

Tenth   Ward 52 

Eleventh  Ward 29 

Twelfth  Ward 53 

Thirteenth  Ward 36 

Fourteenth  Ward 41 

Fifteenth  Ward 43 

Sixteenth  Ward 34 

Seventeenth  Ward 16 

Eighteenth  Ward 26 

Nineteenth  Ward 33 

Twentieth  Ward 19 

Twenty-first  Ward 23 

Twenty -second  Ward   25 

Twenty-third  Ward 25 

Twenty-fourth  Ward 29 

Twenty-fifth  Ward  38 

Twenty-sixth  Ward 40 

Twenty-seventh   Ward 21 

Twenty-eighth  Ward  20 

Twenty-ninth  Ward 28 

Thirtieth  Ward 63 

Thirty-first  Ward 38 

Thirty-second  Ward . .    49 

Thirty-third  Ward 33 

Thirty-fourth  Ward 56 

COUNTRY  TOWNS  OUTSIDE  OF  CITY,  FORMERLY 
KNOWN  A  8  ClCERO,  DIVIDED  INTO  TOWN- 
SHIPS  AS  FOLLOWS: 

Cicero    8  Precincts. 

Oak  Park 7 

Ber  wyn 1  " 

Grant 2 


Total 1,127 

Country  Districts  Outside  of  the  Former  Town  of  Cicero ....      82 


Grand  Total 1,209 

200 


REGISTRATION  BY  WARDS 


IN    CHICAGO,    APRIL    1899    (AS   APPEARED    ON    OFFICIAL   LIST   OF 
ELECTION     COMMISSIONERS. ) 


Ward. 

First 10103 

Second 7843 

Third 8071 

Fourth t 8775 

Fifth 9655 

Sixth 11599 

Seventh 7414 

Eighth 7139 

Ninth 9140 

Tenth 16391 

Eleventh 9333 

Twelfth 18159 

Thirteenth 11192 

Fourteenth 13320 

Fifteenth 14206 

Sixteenth 10461 

Seventeenth 5230 

Eighteenth 10430 

Nineteenth 10674 

Twentieth 6300 

Twenty-first 72«8 

Twenty-second 7552 

Twenty-third 7484 

Twenty-fourth 9683 

Twenty-fifth ....  11750 

Twenty-sixth 12695 

Twenty-seventh 6657 

Twenty-eighth 6116 

Twenty-ninth 9121 

Thirtieth 20674 

Thirty-first 11462 

Thirty-second 15480 

Thirty-third 8932 

Thirty-fourth 17891 

Total 358148 

201 


VOTE  OF  ILLINOIS  BY  COUNTIES,   1896. 

WITH    POPULATION    OF    EACH    COUNTY. 


POPULA- 
TION. 

PRESIDENT—  1896. 

Rep. 

Dem. 

Pro. 

Nat. 

0.  D. 

8.  L. 

*M.  B. 

McKin- 

ley 

Bryan. 

Lever- 
ing. 

Bent- 
ley. 

Palmer 

Match- 
ett. 

Bryan. 

61888 
16563 
14550 
12203 
11951 
35014 
7652 
18320 
15963 
42159 
30531 
21899 
16772 
17411 
30093 
1191922 
17283 
15443 
:27066 
17011 
17669 
22551 
26787 
9444 
19358 
23367 
17035 
17138 
43110 
14935 
23791 
21024 
17800 
1907 
7234 
9876 
33338 
35167 
27809 
18186 
22590 
14810 
25101 
15013 
€5061 
28732 
12106 
38752 
24235 
80798 
14693 
26187 
38455 
25489 

Adams  

8447 
2802 
1967 
3111 
1024 
5474 
795 
3314 
1946 
6780 
3857 
2888 
2155 
1863 
4534 
221823 
2172 
1856 
5598 
2587 
2666 
4115 
3822 
1572 
1895 
2769 
2832 
2038 
6195 
1468 
2365 
3246 
1767 
4250 
780 
1756 
6177 
5325 
3879 
1867 
2603 
1641 
3594 
2027 
12133 
5471 
2128 
7581 
5027 
11548 
1972 
4797 
5436 
3430 

80G9 
1701 
1662 
653 
2060 
3931 
1162 
1473 
2462 
4639 
4663 
3099 
2266 
2570 
3963 
151910 
2339 
2097 
1868 
2365 
2135 
1574 
3726 
848 
2953 
3616 
1504 
2227 
5964 
2062 
3977 
2056 
2406 
4575 
899 
957 
2968 
3649 
3619 
2715 
3561 
2373 
2383 
1423 
4839 
2357 
772 
3464 
1756 
8088 
1945 
2465 
4045 
3384 

183 
4 
66 
58 
21 
124 
9 
53 
31 
249 
72 
40 
59 
12 
54 
2149 
22 
23 
189 
44 
48 
139 
51 
27 
39 
70 
46 
16 
88 
30 
45 
89 
35 
133 
7 
47 
134 
127 
45 
57 
88 
49 
90 
13 
197 
89 
51 
144 
87 
181 
52 
56 
143 
88 

23 
2 
9 
2 
1 
11 
1 
9 
1 
5 
14 
11 
2 
2 
7 
163 
4 
4 
5 

113 
21 

8 
15 
8 
120 
5 
19 
14 
80 
30 
15 
8 
12 
51 
2600 
15 
7 
59 
27 
12 
122 
63 
2 
21 
32 
17 
6 
32 
10 
14 
20 
3 
41 
3 
28 
67 
58 
25 
2 
19 
6 
80 
9 
139 
78 
18 
85 
34 
168 
11 
75 
58 
46 

17 
1 

16 

22 
2 

4 
3 
30 
17 
4 
8 
4 
6 
4 
6 
2 
19 
236 
3 
1 
13 
5 
5 
14 
3 
4 

Alexander  

Bond  
Boone  

3 

Bureau  

28 

Calh  oun  

Carroll  

5 
2 
1 

8 
3 
4 
1 

5 
727 
2 
2 
2 

Cass  

Champaign  

Christian  

Clark  

Clay  

Clinton  

Coles   

Cook  

Crawford  

Cumberland  

DeKalb  

DeWit 

Douglas     

1 

2 
6 
3 
1 
21 
2 
1 
6 
2 
3 
2 
1 

DuPaere  .  . 

5 
3 
2 
4 
3 
2 
3 
3 
2 
3 
8 
1 
3 

Edgar  

Edwards  

Effingham 

Fayette  

11 

3 
6 
15 
5 
6 
18 
2 
6 
1 
5 
3 
9 
12 
9 
27 
4 
8 
6 
13 
13 
2 
16 
20 
20 
3 
4 
23 
5 

Ford,  

Franklin  

Fulton  

Gallatin  

Greene  

Grundy  

Hamilton  .  . 

Hancock 

Hardin 

Henderson  
Henry  

2 
5 
8 
31 

"s 

4 
1 
5 
16 
8 
3 

1 
1 
3 
9 
3 
1 
3 
2 
1 
5 
6 
2 
6 
4 
26 
1 
5 
1 

Iroquois  

Jackson  

Jasper  

Jefferson  

Jersey  

Jo  Daviess.  .  .    . 

Johnson  

Kane  

Kankakee  

Kendall  

Knox  

Lake  .  .  ;  

7 
14 
7 
3 
6 
4 

LaSalle  

Lawrence  

Lee  

Livingston  

Logan    .  .  . 

202 


TOTAL  VOTE  OF  ILLINOIS  BY  COUNTIES. 

CONTINUED. 


POPULA 
TION. 

COUNTIES—  102. 

PRESIDENT—  1896. 

Sep. 

Dem. 

Pro. 

Nat. 

G.  D. 

S.-L. 

*M.R. 

McKin- 

ley. 

Bryan  . 

Lever- 
ing. 

Bent- 
ley. 

Palmer 

Match- 
ett. 

Bryan. 

38083 
40380 
51535 
24341 
13653 
16067 
11313 
27467 
26114 
63036 
13120 
18545 
12948 
30003 
32636 
14481 
28710 
70378 
17529 
17062 
31000 
14016 
11355 
4730 
25049 
15019 
41917 
19342 
61195 
16013 
10304 
31191 
9982 
66571 
31338 
29556 
21549 
49905 
11866 
21281 
19262 
23806 
25005 
30854 
62007 
22226 
39938 
21429 

Macon  

6216 
4970 
7431 
2870 
2216 
2100 
2046 
4036 
5047 
9964 
1642 
3120 
1446 
3622 
4317 
1711 
5210 
10486 
2342 
2579 
3111 
1852 
2081 
706 
3024 
1693 
7323 
2605 
8998 
1848 
1261 
3071 
1636 
8960 
4728 
3703 
1842 
8767 
1321 
3394 
2351 
2906 
2771 
5577 
9249 
3027 
8242 
2447 

4746 
5568 
6323 
3825 
1885 
2405 
869 
3678 
1910 
6320 
2012 
2324 
1651 
4104 
4313 
2073 
2134 
9042 
2366 
1951 
5315 
1069 
1152 
478 
3074 
2062 
4658 
2292 
8566 
2325 
1598 
4698 
1020 
8333 
3773 
3736 
2989 
5737 
1736 
2602 
1979 
3094 
3409 
2777 
6857 
2573 
2438 
2447 

89 
109 
85 
54 
36 
54 
12 
106 
102 
307 
29 
53 
6 
105 
84 
15 
95 
185 
81 
33 
97 
8 
4 
18 
80 
20 
63 
22 
243 
63 
19 
117 
39 
111 
168 
86 
35 
192 

tf 
101 
34 
24 
33 
88 
56 
9 
219 
87 

13 
16 

5 
11 
2 
4 

1 
13 
2 
9 
1 
3 
2 
5 
2 
1 
3 
12 
7 
5 
21 

"2 

1 
12 
17 
12 
1 
11 
3 
1 
12 
1 
7 
2 
4 
2 
20 
6 
10 
4 
40 
2 
7 
9 
2 
7 
1 

77 
35 
83 
10 
16 
16 
7 
45 
51 
94 
18 
19 
18 
19 
28 
13 
76 
129 
21 
21 
18 
8 
12 
12 
27 
7 
86 
5 
98 
11 
11 
16 
17 
105 
49 
64 
11 
91 
2 
34 
43 
6 
8 
63 
48 
17 
51 
26 

3 

4 
4 
2 
3 
1 
3 
5 
2 
10 

10 
6 

20 
10 
3 
2 

Macoupin  

Madison  

Marion  

Marshall  

Mason  

Massac  

McDonough  

6 
3 
8 
6 
5 
1 
13 
10 
4 
8 
26 
4 
7 
14 
5 

McHenry  

McLean  

Menard  

Mercer  .    ... 

Monroe  

7 
3 
7 
3 
2 
18 
1 
3 
3 

Montgomery  

Morgan  

Moultrie  

Og-le  .  . 

Peoria  

Perry  

Piatt  

Pike  

Pope  .  . 

Pulaski  

2 

Putnam  

1 

7 

Randolph  

4 
1 
14 
4 
2 
2 

Richland  

Rock  Island  

34 
4 
16 
9 

Saline  

Sangamon  

Schuyler  

Scott  

Shelby  

11 

10 
12 
3 

7 
9 
12 
3 
2 

Stark  

2 

55 
6 
1 
4 
6 
4 
1 

St.  Clair  

Stephenson  

Tazewell  .... 

Union  

Vermillion  

Wabash  

Warren  

Washington  

Wayne     

1 

8 
12 
11 
16 
9 
9 
6 

White  

Whiteside  

1 
7 

Will  

Williamson  

Winnebago  

9 
4 

Woodford  

Total  

wim 

141507 
55.66 

464523 

9796 

793 

6390 

1147 

1090 

Plurality  

Per  cent.  . 

42.58 

.90 

.07 

.59 

.10 

.10 

TOTAL,  VOTE 


1,090,869 


203 


OFFICIAL  RETURNS  BY  COUNTIES  IN  ILLINOIS  FOR 
STATE  TREASURER  IN  1898. 


Hess, 
Peo. 

17 

45 

62 

46 

196 

"is 

19 
51 
19 
45 
3 
73 
32 
52 
46 
39 
20 
47 
33 
30 
303 
66 

"ii 

45 
172 
63 
36 
43 
37 
40 
119 
63 
85 
17 
27 
19 
98 
31 
26 
22 
98 
61 
36 
62 
25 
59 
26 

7,893 


\v 
Adams. 

hittemore, 
Rep. 

5,969 

1,937 
1,900 
2,336 
898 
3,998 
707 
2,450 
1,694 
5,036 
3,463 
2,679 
1,961 
1,544 
3,936 
.148.558 
2,094 
1,715 
3,406 
2,452 
2,283 
2,405 
3,473 
1,321 
1,321 
2,821 
2,209 
1,864 
5,285 
961 
1,581 
2,955 
1,421 
3,695 
677 
1,547 
4,416 
4.258 
3,459 
1,602 
2,264 
1,478 
2,690 
1,617 
6,360 
3,847 
1,377 
5,602 
2,879 
9,214 
1,739 
3.227 
.    4,768 

Dunlap, 
Dem. 

6,870 
1,674 
1,434 
323 
1,606 
3,084 
1,019 
854 
2,276 
3,722 
4,110 
2,635 
1,993 
2,233 
3,596 
147.956 
2,019 
1,873 
979 
1,986 
1,776 
1,218 
3,536 
592 
2,101 
2,717 
1,151 
1,975 
5,000 
1,517 
2,869 
1,504 
1,963 
4,202 
729 
847 
2,261 
2,993 
3,133 
2,265 
2,764 
2,027 
2,282 
1,011 
2,855 
2795 
506 
2,141 
1,350 
7,290 
1,775 
1,675 
3,850 

Hess, 
Peo. 

139 
13 
14 
17 
61 
99 
12 
22 
19 
120 

182 
68 

58 

2,545 
71 
30 
10 
25 
10 
14 
60 
28 
11 
269 
8 
39 
180 
29 
25 
26 
39 
71 
35 
12 
49 
33 
27 
65 
124 
26 

"62 

28 
31 
7 
72 
48 
153 
21 
15 
41 

wt 
Logan  

ittemore, 
Rep. 

3,230 
5,115 
4,305 
6.115 
2,660 
1,929 
1,787 
1,405 
3,759 
2,932 
6,398 
1,555 
2,618 
1,506 
3,182 
3,432 
1,491 
3,003 
7,989 
2.121 
2,322 
2,233 
1,187 
1,410 
599 
2,720 
1,510 
5,932 
2,203 
8.278 
1,567 
1,066 
2,866 
1,390 
7,002 
3,735 
3,250 
1,331 
5,896 
1,117 
3,090 
2,134 
2,677 
2,075 
3,679 
7.224 
2,674 
3,837 
1,905 

Dunlap, 
Dem. 

3,528 
4,510 
4,680 
5,033 
3,157 
1,904 
2,270 
607 
3,315 
1,048 
4,672 
1,882 
1,482 
1,503 
3,504 
4,641 
1,823 
1.083 
6,772 
2,066 
1,721 
3,519 
341 
745 
302 
2861 
1,755 
3.931 
1,970 
8,474 
2,059 
1,497 
3,877 
793 
6,497 
3,762 
3,539 
2,292 
3,834 
1,485 
2,455 
1,836 
2,469 
2,664 
1.901 
4.685 
2,200 
1.100 
2,444 

Alexander.  . 
Bond  

Macon  

Macoupin  .  .  . 
Madison  

Boone  . 

Brown  .    ... 
Bureau  
Calhoun  

Marion  
Marshall  

Mason  

Carroll   .... 

Massac  

Cass.        .... 

McDonough.  . 
McHenry  ..  .  . 
McLean  
Menard  

Champaign- 
Christian  .  .  . 
Clark 

Clav  .  . 

Mercer  

Clinton  . 

Monroe    .... 

Coles  

Montgomery 
Morgan  
Moultrie  .... 
Ogle  

Cook     

Crawford  .  . 
Cumberland 
DeKalb  

Peoria  

De  Witt  

Perrv 

Douglas 

Piatt  

Du  Page  .  .  . 
Edgar  

Pike    

Pope  

Edwards...  . 
Effingham.  . 
Favette  .... 

Pulaski.     .    . 

Putnam  

Randolph..  .. 
Richland  .... 
Rock  Island. 
Saline  

Ford  

Franklin  .  .  . 
Fulton    

Gallatin  .  .  . 
Greene  

Sangamon.  .  . 
Schuyler  .... 
Scott  

Grundy  .    .  . 
Hamilton  .  . 
Hancock.  .   . 

Shelby  
Stark      .    ... 

Hardin..  .    . 
Henderson  . 
Henry  

St.  Glair  
Stephenson.. 
Tazewell.  .  .  . 
Union     

Iroquois 

Jackson  .... 

Vermillion.  .  . 
Wabash  
Warren  
Washington. 
Wayne  

Jasper  

Jefferson  .  .  . 
Jersey  

Jo  Daviess.  . 
Johnson.  .  .  . 
Kane.  ..  . 

White  

Whiteside.  .  . 
Will  

Kankakee  .  . 
Kendall  
Knox... 

Williamson  .  . 
Winnebago.  . 
Woodford  

Totals  
Whittemore's 
plurality.  . 

Lake  

LaSalle  
Lawrence.  .  . 
Lee 

448,940 

405,490 

Livingston.  . 

.43,450 

204 


VOTE  IN  COOK  COUNTY,  BY  WARDS  AND 
COUNTRY  DISTRICTS. 


HEADS    OF    STATE  AND    COUNTY    TICKETS,     NOVEMBER   8th,    1898. 


WARDS  AND  TOWNS. 


STATE    TREASURER. 


Whitteinore, 
Rep. 


Dunlap, 
Dem. 


Magerstadt, 
Rep. 


Kersten, 
Dem. 


Chicago  — 

First 

Second 

Third 

Fourth 

Fifth 

.Sixth , 

Seventh 

Eighth 

Ninth 

Tenth  

Eleventh 

Twelfth     ... 

Thirteenth 

Fourteenth 

Fifteenth 

•Sixteenth 

Seventeenth    

Eighteenth 

Nineteenth 

Twentieth 

Twenty-first 

'Twenty-second 

Twenty-third 

Twenty-fourth 

Twenty-fifth 

Twenty-sixth 

'Twenty-seventh     .  . . 

Twenty -eighth 

Twenty -ninth 

Thirtieth 

Thirty -first 

Thirty-second 

Thirty-third 

'Thirty-fourth 

Chicago,  total. 

Barrington 

Bloom 

Bremen 

Calumet 

Cicero 

Elk  Grove 

Evanston 

Hanover 

l.fimmt 

Leyden 

Lyons  

Maine  — , 

New  Trier 

Niles 

Northfield ...   

Norwood  Park 

Orland 

Palatine 

Palos 

Proviso 

Rich 

Riverside 

Schaumberg 

Thornton 

Wheeling 

Worth 

Town,  total.   .. 

Grand  total 

Pluralities... 


2,111 
2,637 
3,499 
3,449 
3,078 
3.212 
2,921 
2,006 
2,689 
6,339 
3.405 
8.128 
4.578 
5,610 
5,168 
3.515 
1,754 
1,961 
2,319 
2,159 
2,386 
2.575 
2,906 
3,207 
5,952 
4.956 
2.246 
2.161 
1.903 
7,672 
5,128 
7,621 
3,202 
8,273 


135,486 
179 
438 
151 
434 

2,790 
130 

1,617 
100 
276 
189 
811 
545 
581 
286 
198 
71 
131 
230 
91 

1,074 
98 
1?>9 
57 

1,182 
244 
573 


12,453 

148,558 

602 

205 


3,555 
2,466 
2,233 
2,845 
4  181 
5,774 
2.739 
3,640 
4,122 
5,991 
3,587 
6,096 
3,977 
4,845 
5,402 
4,793 
1,552 
4,767 
5237 
2.537 
3,160 
2,866 
2,885 
3,693 
3,407 
5,098 
1,870 
1,933 
4,987 
7.899 
3,357 
4,443 
3,066 
5,384 


140,725 

22 

196 

74 

342 

1,140 

23 

765 

44 

415 

103 

494 

278 

445 

158 

98 

34 

41 

124 

77 

755 

61 

87 

26 

916 

164 

382 


7,307 
147,956 


1,944 

2,945 
3,895 
4,288 
4,093 
3,931 
3,225 
2,148 
3,200 
6,922 
3.734 
8.732 
4,427 
5,479 
5,482 
3.548 
1,981 
2,100 
2,570 
2,204 
2,466 
2.841 
2,972 
3,302 
6,176 
5.071 
2,736 
2,483 
2,273 
8,187 
5,357 
8,111 
3,360 
8,828 


143,165 
178 
434 
153 
451 

3,143 
135 

1,645 
101 
276 
191 
845 
934 
609 
253 
200 
71 
133 
228 
82 

1,110 


13,041 
156,591 
17,541 


3,455 
2,427 
1,985 
2.457 
3,691 
4,877 
2.667 
3,708 
4,242 
5,941 
3,436 
5,899 
3,668 
4,624 
5.314 
4,841 
1,836 
4,964 
5,177 
2,640 
3,490 
3,343 
2,902 
3,852 
3,374 
4,858 
2,253 
1,974 
4,837 
7,497 
2.948 
3,757 
2,726 
4,606 


13.2,597 

23 

186 

72 

318 

957 

18 

641 

40 

414 

96 

451 

279 

408 

151 

34 

96 

41 

130 

72 

683 

64 

74 

23 

447 

167 


6.165 

139,293 


VOTE   IN    COOK   COUNTY 


FOR  HEADS  OF  COUNTY  TICKET  BY  WARDS  AND  DISTRICTS,    1898. 


TREASURER. 


WARDS. 

Rep. 
RAYMOND. 

Dem. 
GAHAN. 

Peo. 
MEYER. 

Pro. 

SPENCER. 

S.  L. 
WILLIAMS. 

First  

1999 

3593 

43 

16 

24 

Second  

3U38 

2622 

19 

15 

19 

Third  

4009 

2089 

28 

16 

33 

Fourth  

4146 

2605 

34 

24 

50 

Fifth  

3313 

4234 

73 

16 

66 

Sixth  

3378 

5720 

59 

19 

56 

Seventh  

3078 

2723 

31 

6 

77 

Eighth  

20(30 

3681 

21 

10 

77 

Ninth  

3032 

4280 

52 

9 

78 

Tenth  

6881 

5923 

208 

62 

141 

Eleventh  

3814 

3382 

71 

53 

39 

Twelfth  

9036 

5414 

112 

105 

43 

Thirteenth  

4826 

3839 

95 

61 

75 

Fourteenth           

5809 

4541 

142 

31 

259 

Fifteenth  

5589 

5152 

105 

44 

159 

Sixteenth  

3588 

4800 

66 

26 

117 

Seventeenth  

1990 

1800 

33 

17 

52 

Eighteenth  

2092 

5003 

89 

12 

38 

Nineteenth  

2533 

5208 

55 

5 

63 

Twentieth  

2440 

2477 

60 

12 

46 

Twenty-first  

2639 

3211 

70 

14 

60 

Twenty-second.         ..   . 

3099 

2976 

56 

7 

31 

Twenty-third  

3021 

2781 

31 

18 

78 

Twenty-fourth  

3697 

3383 

59 

26 

53 

Twenty-fifth  

6639 

286  1 

85 

70 

37 

Twenty-sixth  

5324 

4615 

123 

70 

90 

Twenty-  seventh  

2959 

2086 

55 

31 

71 

Twenty-eighth  

2532 

1952 

47 

17 

35 

Twenty-ninth  

1920 

5220 

85 

13 

«      25 

Thirtieth  

8091 

7896 

233 

93 

178 

Thirty-first  

5623 

3030 

80 

126 

87 

Thirty-second  

8147 

3936 

57 

63 

43 

Th'rty-third  

3445 

3003 

90 

28 

46 

Thirty-fourth  

8918 

4645 

151 

96 

317 

Total  

142  723 

130,684 

2618 

1231 

2713 

COUNTRY  TOWNS. 
Harrington  

Bloom  

— 

Bremen  

Calumet  

Cicero  

Elk  Grove  

85 

Evanston  

1937 

Hanover  

Lamont  

Leyden  

Lyons  

BM 

Maine  

N.  Trier  

Niles  

Northfield  

Norwood  Park  

69 

Orland  

Palatine  

216 

Palos  

78 

Proviso  

1159 

642 

Rich  

93 

68 

Riverside  

181 

Schaumberg  

56 

Thornton  

1938 

Wheeling  ... 

"'37 

168 

2 

Worth  

578 

372 

Total  

13  680 

6401 

Grand  Total  

158  403 

137  085 

Plurality  

19  318 

206 


JUDGES  OF  COURTS  OF  RECORD. 


COOK  COUNTY. 


CIRCUIT   COURT. 

Politics 

Elected 
for 

Term 
expires 

Murray  F.  Tuley                 ..             

D 

Six  years 

June  1903 

D 

it        n 

tt         it 

Edmund  W.  Burke  

R 

11               It 

t( 

Richard  S.  Tuthill.             

R 

tt                II 

,( 

O  H   Horton 

Frank  Baker       ...                 

D 

11               It 

tl 

Arba  N.  Waterman  

R 

it               1. 

,, 

Francis  Adams  

D 

II                1  1 

lt 

Richard  W.  Clifford  

D 

11               11 

.t         11. 

Edward  F.  Dunn  

D 

!<                 11 

ti         u 

John  Gibbons  

R 

11                 11 

n         tt 

Abner  Smith  

R 

11                 11 

it         11 

SUPERIOR    COURT. 

Francis  Q.  Ball  

R 

Dec   1900 

Joseph  E.  Gray  

R 

M 

Marcus  Kavanagh  

R 

4< 

( 

Nathaniel  C.  ISears  

R 

11                 11 

Henry  M.  Shepard  

D 

11                 11 

"      1901 

Theodore  Brentano  

R 

.. 

June  1903 

Arthur  H.  Chetlain  

R 

M 

T)pr»    i  qni 

Axel  Chytraus  

R 

it         ti 

Henry  V.  Freeman  

R 

11         u 

Jesse  Holdom  

R 

11                 11 

tt 

Jonas  Hutchinson  .    ... 

D 

, 

Philip  Stein  

D 

It                tt 

„ 

PROBATE   COURT. 
John  H.  Batten  

R 

"     1902 

COUNTY   COURT. 
Orrin  N.  Carter.  .  . 

R 

it         « 

207 


COOK    COUNTY   SALARY    APPROPRIATIONS  AND 
OTHER  EXPENDITURES  FOR   1899. 

The  one  very  important  feature  in  connection  with  Cook 
County  institutions  is  the  number  of  employes,  their  duties  and 
the  salary  each  one  receives. 

This  ought  to  be  particularly  interesting  to  every  tax-payer 
in  Cook  County,  as  it  is  from  their  pockets  the  money  comes. 

The  following  table  shows  the  appropriations  for  salaries  of 
Cook  County  institutions  and  all  county  officers  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Cook  County  Commissioners  for  1899: 


COUNTY  HOSPITAL. 


Per 


1  warden  ..................... 

1  county  physician  ........... 

1  chief  clerk  .......  ..... 

1  bookkeeper  ................ 

:3  receiving  clerks  ............ 

1  stenographer  ...........  , 

1  night  supervisor  ............ 

1  custodian  ................... 

1  druggist  .................... 

1  assistant  druggist  .......... 

1         "  '•          helper... 

1  medical  registrar  ....... 

2  custodians  of  instruments. 
1  storekeeper  ................. 

1  bathroom  clerk,  male  ...... 

1  "      female.     . 

1  weigher  .................... 

2  messengers  ........... 

1  clerk  detention  hospital.  .  . 

2  nurses  ..................... 

:15  attendants  .......... 

1  head  painter  ............... 

3  painters  .................... 

3  carpenters  ............... 

1  mattress  maker  ............ 

1  baker  ....................... 

1  assistant  baker  ............. 

1  head  cook  .................. 

3  assistant  cooks  ............. 

2  "  "        .......... 

2  "  "        ............ 

1  cook,  night  ................. 

1  butcher  .................... 

1  gardener  .................... 

1  laundryman  ................ 

4  assistant  laundrymen  ---- 

1  coffee  maker  ............... 

1  chief  engineer  ............. 

3  assistant  engineers  ......... 

2  electric  engineers.        ..... 

3  firemen  ..................... 

3       "        six  months  ......... 

1  steamfltter  .................. 

1  assistant  steamfltter  ....... 

1  plumber  .................... 

1  assistant  plumber  ........ 

3  1  elevator  men  ............... 

2  housekeepers  ............... 

1  head  seamstress  ............ 

1  barn  foreman  .......   ........ 

3  teamsters  ................... 

1  ambulance  man  .......... 

1  undertaker  ................. 

1  assistant  undertaker  ....... 

17  men  .......................... 

3     "     six  months  ........... 

11     "      ....................... 


1  head  waitress 
1  shirt  ironer 

•65  domestics 

41        " 


Year. 

3,000 

2,000 

1,500 

1,200 

1,800 

300 

600 

720 

900 

720 

360 

900 

720 

720 

360 

300 

600 

480 

720 

600 

4500 

696 

1,600 

1,908 

480 

600 

480 

720 

1,080 

600 

480 

3riO 

540 

540 

540 

960 

480' 

1,500 

2,160 

1,440 

1,440 

720 

792 

480 

792 

4»0 

2,640 

960 

300 

420 

1,080 

2.0 

360 

300 

6,120 

540 

3,300 

2,640 

240 

240 

14,040 

2,520 


ILLINOIS  TRAINING  SCHOOL. 

Illinois  Training  School  for 

Nurses — Nursing  in  wards 

1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11, 

12,  13,  14,  20,  22  and  24,  and 

contagious  diseases  ward, 

operating   rooms    in    sur- 
gical ward,  and  all  special 

nursing $    2,035    $24,420 

Salaries 105,248 

Supplies 140,000 

COUNTY  INSTITUTIONS   AT  DUNNING. 

Per  Year. 

1  general  superintendent f  3,00  > 

2  physicians,  male 2.400 

2           "             female 2,400 

2  assistant  physicians,  male.         ..  1,200 

2         "                   "            female 603 

1  druggist 900 

1  assistant  druggist 720 

Ichiefclerk 1,200 

1  general    bookkeeper   and    store- 
keeper    900 

1  general  clerk  and  timekeeper 900 

1  assistant  storekeeper  420 

2  helpers  storekeepers 720 

1  stenographer 300 

3  telephone  messengers,  male.  648 

1  teacher  kindergarten 480 

2  supervisors,  male 1,440 

1  assistant  supervisor,  male 480 

2  supervisors,  female .         960 

1  assistant  supervisor,  female 420 

99  attendants 35,640 

3  nurses 900 

17       ••      4.080 

1  chief  engineer 1,500 

6  assistant  engineers 4,320 

6  firemen 2,880 

3        "        for  five  months 600 

2  steamfitters 1,584 

2            "           helpers 720 

2  plumbers 1,F.84 

2         "          helpers 720 

1  head  painter 696 

1  painter 600 

1  calciminer 420 

1  glazier  and  repairer 300 

1  gardener 540 

1  mason  and  plasterer 720 

1  electrician 480 

2  carpenters 1,272 

1  butcher BOO 

2  tinsmiths 720 

2  housekeepers        960 

1  assistant  housekeeper 360 

2  cooks 1 ,320 

2      "       1,200 

2  bakers 1 ,200 

2       "         ....    960 

2  shoe  repairers 720 

2  tailors 720 


208 


COUNTY  INSTITUTIONS  AT  DUNN- 
ING—Cont'd.  Per  Year. 

2  seamstresses 

2  laundrymen 

1  undertaker 

1  mattressmaker 

1  lawn  man  

1  farmer 

1  furniture  repairer 

1  sewer  man 

Watchmen,  teamsters,  hostlers  and 

farm  hands— 

2  employes 

10  employes 


720 
840 
360 
420 
360 
600 
360 
720 


EXTRA  MEN   BT  THE   DAT. 

Per  Year. 
80  men  to  be  employed  as  required 

($3.00  to  $1.00  per  day)  .............  *  98,340 


3 

11 
1 

•J 

6 
3 

8 


eight  months  ............         480 

laborers  ...........      4,200 

'.I'.'.'.'."!......--    360 


NIGHT  AND  BUNDAT  WORK. 

During  the  month  of  March,  25  men  .  .$ 
During  the  month  of  April,  60  men  .  .  . 
During  the  month  of  May,  60  men  .... 
During  the  month  of  June,  15  men..  .  . 
During  the  month  of  July,  15  men  .... 
During  the  month  of  August,  15  men. 
During  the  month  of  September,  5 

During  the  month  of  October,  5  men. 

Total  salaries  ..................  8209,370 


females 


648 
1,536 


Salaries  ...........  $116,472 

uifes:::::  "  220,000 


4,200 
600 
900 

1,200 
240 


HOSPITAL  FOR  CONSUMPTIVES   AT 
DUNNING. 

Per  Year. 

1  watchman * 

1  plumber ,  ^ 

2  cooks 

10  nurses 

1  head  nurse 

1  clerk 

1  doctor 

1  messenger • 


COUNTY  AGENT'S  OFFICE. 
Per 

1  County  Agent $ 

1  Assistant  County  Agent 

1  secretary 

1  clerk  branch  office 

1  bookkeeper 

1  output  man 

1  night  watchman •  •  •  — 

Necessary  visitors  and  clerks,  83  per 

<Jay 

1  physician  for  jail • -.- 

10  physicians  (they  to  furnish  medi- 
cine)   


Year. 
2,500 
1.500 
1,200 
1,200 
1,200 
1,200 
540 

11,960 
1,200 

5,400 


2.600 
6,240 
6.480 
1,50U 


540 


SHERIFF'S  OFFICE. 


Per  Year. 


1  chief  deputy 

1  chief  clerk 

1  jailer 

2  assistant  jailers, 

30  deputies, 

1  real  estate  clerk *><~" 

1  execution  clerk i'onn 

1  summons  clerk   i'SK 

1  assistant  summons  clerk '  ,«w 

1  general  clerk 

5  office  clerks 

1  jail  clerk 

1  assistant  jail  clerk 

96  baliff s, 

42  jail  guards i»nn 

1  stenographer 720 

1  messenger ,i~V 

1  office  watchman <°" 

3  matrons  in  jail 480 

1  teacher,  'jail 

1  laundress •  •  •.-••.- 

2  elevator  men  (elevators  at  onmi- 
nal    Court,    carrying     prisoners), 
each 

1  engineer  and  elevator  man 


1,800 
900 


Salaries  for  Sheriff's  office 


$258,320 


Salaries  for  County  Agent  s 
Office ••* 

Supplies,  etc.,  for  County  Agent  s 
Office 110,000 

COUNTY  TREASURER'S  OFFICE. 

Per  Year. 
1  assistant  treasurer $    4,000 

1  cashier  2,400 

i  c«t»iiici ,  .  i  ann 

1  assistant  cashier 1.°"" 

1  bookkeeper  . . . . «.°°" 

1  assistant  bookkeeper 1 .«"" 

1  assistant  bookkeeper 1 .«"" 

1  chief  clerk 
1  assistant  chief  clerk 
3  receiving  tellers 
3  clerks,  first  grade 

3  clerks,  second  grade, 

1  general  clerk 

1  messenger 

2  day  watchmen,    }.»w 

2  night  watchmen,    l.ow 

1  draughtsman J  >?"" 

1  assistant  draughtsman i.^w 

1  mail  clerk »•»" 

FOR  EIGHT   MONTHS. 

4  assistant  chief  clerks, $    4,370 

2 receiving  tellers, ,K«nn 

15  clerks,  first  grade, la  «2i 

20  clerks,  second  grade o'2/X 

10  messengers  (cash  clerks)  o,ow 


Supplies,  etc  ,  for  Sheriff's  office $  7,000 

Sheriff  to  be  allowed  «3,000  for  attor- 
ney fees,  to  be  paid  out  of  receipts 
of  his  office. 


CUSTODIAN  AND  COUNTY  EMPLOYES- 
COURT  HOUSE. 


Per  Year. 


1  custodian 


8  elevator  men 

12  watchmen, 

16  janitors, 
4  window  cleaners 
1  head  jauitress 


1(am 
20  janitresses  ........................       ,'UQQ 

1  chief  engineer  ......................       !.»»» 


3  assistant  engineers 

6  firemen 

1  fireman  (6  months)  .............. 

1  pumpman  ..........................         ^" 

2  carpenters  ......................       •.»*' 

1  coal  passer  .............  ...........         ™» 

1  plumber  ...........................  •      1-020 

1  steam  fitter  at  Court  House  and 

Criminal  court  .....................      1.000 

Salaries  for  custodians  and  county 
employes,  Court  House  .............  8  59,180 

Supplies,    etc.,    for    custodian    and 
County  employes,  Court  House  .....  $  2o,000 


.209 


CUSTODIAN  AND  COUNTY  EMPLOYES- 
CRIMINAL  COURT  BUILDING. 

Per  Year. 

1  custodian $    1 ,800 

4  elevator  men 3,600 

8  watchmen 6,240 

10  janitors 7,200 

2  window  cleaners 1,440 

14  jan  Stresses 7,560 

1  chief  engineer 1,800 

3  assistant  engineers 2,700 

5  firemen             3,600 

1  fireman  (6  months) 360 

1  pumpman  and  elevator  repairer..  900 

2  carpenters 1 ,800 

1  plumber 1,020 

1  coal  passer. 720 

Salaries  for  Custodian   and   County 

employes,  Criminal  Court  Bldg $  40,740 

Supplies,  etc.,  for  Custodian  and 
County  employes,  Criminal  Court 
Building $12,000 

COUNTY  CLERK'S  OFFICE. 

Per  Year. 

1  chief  deputy $  3,000 

1  cashier 2,000 

1  bookkeeper 2,000 

1  deputy,  redemption  department.. .  l,fcOO 
9  assistant  deputies,  redemption  de- 
partment   13,500 

deputy,  tax  sales 1,500 

deputy,  tax  extension 2,500 

assistant  deputy,  tax  extension . . .  1,650 
assistant    deputy,  tax    extension 

and  railroad  tax 1 ,500 

railroad  warrant  clerk 1 ,500 

deputy,  marriage  license 1,500 

assistant  deputy,  marriage  license  1,200 

deputy,  vital  statistics .  1,500 

assistant  deputy,  vital  statistics..  1,200 

map  clerk 1,650 

5  assistant  map  clerks 3,600 

vault  clerk,  1st 1,2(10 

vault  clerk,  2d 900  . 

vault  clerk,  books  and  papers 1.500 

stenographer 1 ,200 

watchman,  day 720 

1  watchman,  night .  840 

107  extra  men  on  tax  extension,  spe- 
cial assessments  and  tax  sales, 
etc.,  at  $3.00  to  $4.00  per  day,  ac- 
cording to  qualification 133,964 

1  general  man  on  tax  extension, 
special  assessments,  and  tax 
sales,  at  $125  per  month,  $1,500 
per  year.  (This  amount  to  be 
taken  from  the  appropriation  of 
107  extra  men.) 

Total  salaries  County  Clerk $181,924 


CLERK  OF  COUNTY  COURT. 

Per  Year. 

1  chief  clerk $  2,500 

1  clerk  assistant  County  Judge 2,500 

1  assistant  chief  clerk .     1,650 

1  cashier  and  bookkeeper 2,000 

1  record  writer,  special  assessments    1,800 

1  process  clerk 1 ,800 

1  minute  clerk  1,410 

1  minute  clerk 1 ,410 

10  extra  men  on  special  assessment 

work,  at  *3  to  $4  per  day 12,520 

1  general  man  on  special  assep=ment 
work,  at  $125  per  month,  11,500  per 
year.  (This  amount  to  be  paid 
from  the  appropriation  of  10  ex- 
tra men.) 


CLERK  OF  CIRCUIT  COURT. 

Per  Year. 
1  chief  clerk $  2,500 

1  bookkeeper  and  cashier 2,400 

2  execution  clerks.  3,600 

3  common  law  record  writers 5,400 

1  assistant  law  record  writer 1,500 

4  chancery  record  writers 7,200 

1  judgment  record  writer        1,650 

4  decree  record  w  riters 6.IKX) 

1  condemnation  record  writer 1,500 

1  recording  clerk 1,500 

8  common  law  minute  clerks 10,560 

1  vault  clerk 900 

1  general  clerk  in  charge 1.500 

7  general  clerks 8,400 

13  office  clerks 13,000 

2  transcript  clerks 2,400 

1  lien  docket  clerk 1,500 

For  extra  help  for  records  and  tran- 
scripts, $4  per  day 3,500 


Salaries  for  Clerk  of  Circuit  Court . .  .$75,010 

OFFICE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC 
SERVICE. 

Per  Year. 

1  superintendent  public  service $  5.000 

1  chief  clerk 2,000 

1  auditor 1,800 

1  bookkeeper 1,500 

1  assistant  bookkeeper 1,320 

1  secretary 1,800 

1  clerk  and  buyer 1,500 

1  stenographer 1,200 

1  messenger 900 


Salaries  for  Superintendent  Public 
Service $17,020 

Supplies,  etc.,  for  office  Superinten- 
dent Public  Service $  4,000 


COUNTY  BOARD. 

Per  Year. 
1  County    Commissioner,     President 

Board $  6,000 

14  County  Commissioners   56,000 

1  committee  clerk 2.500 

1  general  accountant ...    1,500 

1  County   electrician 1,500 

2  telephone  operators 960 

Salaries  for  County  Board 


COMPTROLLER'S  OFFICE   AND    CLERK 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  COUNTY 

COMMISSIONERS. 

Per  Year. 
1  Deputy   Comptroller  and  Clerk  of 

County  Board  ........  $3,600 

1  chief  clerk  and  bookkeeper  ........    2,500 

1  minute  clerk  and  record  writer  ____     2,000 

1  bill  clerk  .......................    2,000 

1  assistant  bookkeeper  and  general 

clerk  ................................     1,800 

1  cashier  ..............................     1,500 

1  comptroller's  clerk  ..................     1,500 

1  janitress  .............................        540 

Extra  help  when  required,  $3  to  !f4  per 
day  ...................................       900 


Salaries  for  Clerk  of  County  Court. .  .$27,590 


Salaries  for  Comptroller's  office  and 
Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Commission- 
ers ....................................  $16,340 

Supplies,  etc.,  for  Comptroller's  office 
and  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners ..................  .  ............  $  ,000 


210 


OFFICE  OF  STATE'S  ATTORNEY. 

Per  Year. 

1  State's  Attorney $  6.600 

2  assistants 8,000 

3  assistants 9,000 

3  assistants ,  ...    7.300 

3  assistants 5,400 

Stenographing  and  typewriting  work    8,500 
Extra  help,  when   required,  provided 

the  salary  of  no  one  person  shall 
exceed  $250  per  month 4,800 

Salaries  for  State's  Attorney's  office.  $49,500 
Supplies,  etc.,  for  State's  Attorney's 
office 1.500 


OFFICE    OF  THE  COUNTY  ATTORNEY. 

Per  Year. 

1  County  Attorney $  4,000 

3  Assistant  County  Attorneys 5,400 

1  stenographer 600 

Salaries $10,000 

Supplies 1,000 

OFFICE    OF    THE    COUNTY    SUPERIN- 
TENDENT   OF    SCHOOLS. 

Per  Year. 

2  assistant  superintendents $  4,000 

1  clerk   900 


Salaries  for  County  Superintendent 
of  Schools  office $  4,900 

Supplies,  i-epairs,  etc.,  for  County 
Superintendent  of  Schools  office $  3,000 

CLERK  OF  SUPERIOR  COURT. 

Per  Year. 

Ichiefclerk *  2,500 

1  bookkeeper  and  cashier 2,400 

2  execution  clerks 3,600 

3  law  record  writers 5,400 

1  ass't  law  record  writer 1,500 

2  chancery  minute  clerks  and  record 

writers 3,600 

1  judgment  record  writer    1,H50 

2  degree  record  writers 3,000 

1  condemnation  record  writer 1,500 

1  recording  clerk 1,500 

7  common  law  minute  clerks 9,240 

1  vault  and  file  clerk 1,006 

10  office  clerks 10,000 

6  general  clerks 7,200 

Extra  help  for  folio  work,  etc.,  as  re- 
quired, not  exceeding  in  the  aggre- 
gate 625  days'  work 3,000 


For  salaries $  57,090 


PROBATE  CLERK. 

Per  Year. 

3  assistants  to  Judge $  7,500 

1  chief  clerk 2,500 

1  cashier 1,800 

6  record  writers  10,800 

1  fee  and  process  clerk 1 ,800 

1  entry  clerk 1,800 

1  general  clerk 1 .600 

2  docket  clerks 2,640 

1  claim  clerk 1,200 

1  citation  clerk 1,4<K> 

1  transcript  clerk 1 ,400 

1  comparer 1,400 

10  clerks,  $3.00- $4.00  per  day 12,536 

1  will  clerk 1,200 

6  recording  warrant  and  appraise- 
ment clerks 6600 

1  file  clerk 1,200 

2  file  clerks 2,200 

3  clerks 3,000 

1  stenographer 1,200 

2  general  clerks 2,400 


CORONER'S  OFFICE. 

Per  Year. 

1  Coroner $  5,000 

1  chief  deputy 2,500 

1  deputy  and  physician 2,000 

1  assistant  physician 900 

9  deputy  coroners 13,500 

Iclerk 1,200 

1  clerk  at  morgue 900 

1  morgue  keeper 600 

1  assistant  morgue  keeper 360 

Salaries  for  Coroner's  office $  26,960 

The  Coroner  to  be  allowed  $1,000  out 
of  the  fee  collected  by  him  for  in- 
cidental expenses. 


RECORDER'S  OFFICE. 

Per  Year. 

1  chief  deputy $  2,500 

1  superintendent,  folio  department.  1,800 
1  assistant  superintendent,  folio  de. 

partment 1 ,500 

1  chief  comparer,  folio  department.  1,500 

18  comparers,  folio  department 18,000 

1  bookkeeper  and  cashier 1,800 

1  receiving  clerk 1 ,650 

1  assistant  receiving  clerk 1,200 

1  assistant  delivery  clerk 1,200 

2  box  and  distributing  clerks 2,200 

1  original  entry  clerk 1,50C 

2  assistant  original  entry  clerks 2,400 

1  grantor  index  clerk 1,500 

1  assistant  grantor  index  clerk 1,200 

1  grantee  index  clerk 1,500 

1  assistant  grantee  index  clerk 1,200 

1  chattel  index  clerk 1,200 

3  book  and  paging  clerks 3,300 

1  book  clerk 1,000 

1  book  clerk 1,000 

1  draughtsman  and  map  clerk 1 ,400 

2  assistant  draughtsmen  and  map 

clerks  2,400 

1  superintendent,  examining  and 

vault  department 1 ,500 

1  vault  clerk 1,000 

Ivaultclerk. 1,000 

1  examining  clerk  1,200 

1  docket  clerk,  courts 1,200 

1  superintendent  tract  indices 1,320 

1  tract  index  poster 1,200 

4  assistant  tract  index  posters 4,400 

2  original  sheet  tract  index  clerks. .  2,200 
1  original    sheet  tract    index   com- 
parer   1,200 

1  reviser  re-transcribed  indices        ..  1,200 
1  assistant    reviser    re-transcribed 

indices 1,100 

5  re-transcribing  clerks ..  5,500 

1  superintendent    abstract    depart- 
ment    1 ,650 

1  abstract  maker 1,600 

2  assistant  abstract  makers 2,200 

1  tax  clerk 1,820 

1  judgment  clerk,  courts 1,820 

1  assistant  judgment  clerk,  courts..  1,200 

1  judgment  clerk,  office 1,200 

1  assistant  judgment  clerk,  office. ..  1,100 

1  abstract  comparer 600 

1  watchman 780 

1  janitress 540 

3  scrub  women 1,620 

Folio  writers,  4)4  cents  per  folio 55,000 

For  comparing,  perfecting  and  re- 
writing tract  books 7,000 

1  stenographer  and  typewriter 1,200 


Salaries  for  Probate  Clerk . .   .$  66,176       Salaries  for  Recorder's  office $155,200 


211 


TORRENS  DEPARTMENT. 
Estimate  submitted  by  Recorder: 


Per 


2  examiners  (attorneys) . . . 

1  chief  deputy    

1  register  clerk 

1  chain  man 

1  judgment  clerk 

1  tract  index  clerk 

1  alphabetical  and  transfer  clerk . . . 

1  keeper  of  vaults  

1  inspector  of  premises        

1  tax  and  special  assessment  clerk. 
1  cashier 


Year. 

8,000 
1,500 
1,500 
1,500 
1,300 
1,300 
1,300 
1,200 
1,200 
1,300 
750 


Total  salaries $  20,850 


OFFICE  OF  THE  CLERK  OF  THE 


CRIMINAL  COURT. 


Per 


1  chief  clerk 

1  assistant  chief  clerk 

2  record  writers 

1  record  writer 

1  general  record  writer 

1  fee  clerk  

5  court  clerks . . 

1  platter  clerk 

1  Q  C.  record  writer  

7  office  clerks 

2  general  clerks 

2  general  clerks 

1  judgment  clerk 

2  execution  clerks 

1  indictment  clerk 

2  vault  clerks 

1  assistant  record  writer 

1  bond  clerk        

1  venire  clerk 

1  docket  clerk  

1  messenger  and  stenographer 


Year. 
2,500 
1,800 
3,600 
1.650 
1,800 
1,500 
6,600 
1,500 
1,500 
8,400 
2,100 
2,000 
1,200 
3,000 
1.150 
2,000 
1,150 
1,200 
1,150 
1,150 
1,000 


Salaries    for  Clerk   of   the  Criminal 
Court $47,950 


COOK  COUNTY  BOARD  OF   ASSESSORS. 

5  assessors  $  25,000 

1  chief  clerk 3,500 

1  assistant  chief  clerk 2,500 

5 expert  real  estate  clerks,  not  to 

exceed  $2,500  each  per  year 12,500 

25  draughtsmen,  3  months 7,500 

5  draughtsmen,  1  year 6,000 

2  stenographers 2,400 

3  messengers 2,160 

4  watchmen 2,880 

3  janitors 2,160 

1  vault  clerk 1,000 

4  map  clerks 4,800 

1  attorney 4000 


Month  of  February.  25  men,  not  to 
exceed  $5  per  day 3,000 

Month  of  March,  100  men,  not  to  ex- 
ceed $5  per  day 13,000 

Month  of  April,  300  not  to  exceed  $5 
per  day 37,500 

Month  of  May,  325  men,  not  to  exceed 
«5perday 43,875 

Month  of  June,  310  men,  not  to  ex- 
ceed $5  per  day 40,300 

Month  of  July,  90  men,  not  to  exceed 
$5  per  day 11,700 

Total  salaries $225,775 


COOK  COUNTY  BOARD  OF  REVIEW. 

3  members  Board  of  Review $  21 ,000 

1  chief  clerk 6,000 

1  stenographer 1,200 

1  messenger 900 

For  extra  help  when  needed,  not  to 
exceed  $5  per  day 6,000 

Total  salaries $  35,100 

Be  it  resolved,  That  a  sufficient  sum  be 
set  aside  from  the  Funding  Fund,  to  be 
appropriated  when  required,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  making  Assessors  books. 


SUMMARY    OF    ESTIMATES    OF    RE- 
SOURCES   OUTSIDE    OF    TAX 
LEVY  AND    SALARIES    TO 
BE  PAID  THEREFROM. 


Estimate      Estimate 

of  receipts,  of  salaries 

Jurors  and  witness  fees, 

etc 

Jury  Commissioners 

Salaries  Judges   of    all 

Courts  of  Record  and 

extra  Judges 

Salaries     Judges    and 

Clerks  of  election 

County     Treasurer's 

office  

Recorder's  office 

Torrens  Land  System.. 
County  Clerk's  office. . . . 

Clerk  County  Court 

Clerk  of  Circuit  Court. . . 
Cook  County   Board    of 

Assessors 

Cook  County  Board   of 

Review  

Clerk  of  Superior  Court.  $100,000 
Clerk  of  Probate  Court.  100000 
Clerk  of  Criminal  Court. 

Sheriff 

Coroner . . . 


$635,000 
180,000 

20,850 
200,000 

50,000 
170,000 


1,000 
60,000 
1,000 


$225,000 
14,400 


123,000 
25,000 

209,370 
155,200 
20,850 
181,924 
27590 
75,010 

$225,775 

35,100 
57,090 
66,176 
47,950 


26,960 


Totals ...$1,517,850    $1,516,395 

That  chief  officers,  heads  of  departments, 
institutions,  town  supervisors,  etc.,  will  be 
held  strictly  to  the  amount  of  their  respect- 
ive appropriations  for  the  year  1899,  as  set 
forth  in  the  foregoing  appropriation  bill, 
and  that  under  no  consideration  will  they 
be  permitted  to  overdraw  such  appropria- 
tion. 

ELECTION   COMMISSIONERS  AND   CLERK. 

Per  Year. 

Selection  commissioners $    7,501 

1  chief  clerk 4,000 


Total $  11,500 

CIVIL  SERVICE  COMMISSION. 

3  civil  service  commissioners  4,500 

Supplies,   repairs,     etc.,    for    Civil 
Service  Commission 500 

COUNTT  CLERK'S  OFFICE. 

For  supplies,  etc 13,000 

COUNTY  TREASURER'S  OFFICE. 

For  supplies,  etc 7,000 

RECORDER'S  OFFICE. 
For  supplies,  etc 8,000 

CLERK   CIRCUIT    COURT. 

For  supplies,  etc 6,000 


212 


CLERK  SUPERIOR  COURT. 

For  supplies,  etc 8  5,500 

CLERK  PROBATE  COURT. 

For  supplies,  etc 4,000 

CLERK  CRIMINAL  COURT. 

For  supplies,  etc 2,500 

CORONER. 

For  supplies,  etc 1,000 

For  supplies,  stationery,    postage, 
etc 2,000 

BOARD  OP  ASSESSORS. 

For  supplies,  etc 40,000 

BOARD  OF  REVIEW. 

For  supplies,  etc 2,000 


SUMMARY. 

Salaries. 
Hospital    and    Detention 

Hospital $109,448 

County     Institutions      at 

Dunning 116,472 

County  Agent 28,000 

Sheriff        258320 

Custodian  Court  House...  59,180 
Custodian  Criminal  Court  40,740 
Superintendent  Public 

Service 17,020 

County  Board  and  Clerks.     68,460 

Comptroller 16,340 

State's  Attorney 49,5'K) 

County  Attorney 10,000 

County  Superintendent 

of  Schools 4,900 

Clerk  Criminal  Court 

Election      Commissioners 

and  election  purposes. .     11.500 
Civil  Service  Commission      4,500 

Coimty  Clerk 

County  Treasurer 

Recorder 

Clerk  Circuit  Court 

Clerk  Superior  Court 

Clerk  Probate  Court 

Coroner 

Jury  Commissioners 

Board  of  Assessors 

Board  of  Review 


Supplies. 
$150,000 

220,000 

110000 

7.000 

25,000 

12,000 

4,000 
-..       4,COO 

l.FOO 
1,000 

a.noo 

2,500 


500 
13,000 
7,000 
8,000 
6,000 
5,500 
4,000 
1,000 
2,OiK) 
40,000 
2,000 


$794,380        $629,000 

We  would  respectfully  report  that  we 
have  under  consideration  the  estimates  of 
resources  outside  of  the  tax  levy,  presented 
by  the  heads  of  the  various  offices,  and  find 
that  the  estimated  receipts  from  county 
officers,  over  and  above  the  salaries  of  said 
officers,  legally  to  be  paid  out  of  said  re- 
ceipts, are  aboxat  as  follows  : 
County  Treasxirer  and  ex-offtcio 

County  Collector $    6X5,000 

Recorder  of  Deeds     180,000 

Torrens  Land  System 20,850 

County  Clerk 200,000 

Clerk  County  Court 50,000 

Clerk  Probate  Court 100,000 

Clerk  Circuit  Court 170,000 

Clerk  Superior  Court 100,000 

Sheriff 60,000 

Clerk  Criminal  Court 1,000 

Coroner 1,000 


Total   receipts  from  all  sources 

outside  of  Tax  Levy $  1,517,850 

We  would,  therefore,  recommend  that 
the  following  named  amounts  set  opposite 
each  and  every  item  be  appropriated  for 
the  purposes  mentioned,  for  the  fiscal  year 
1899,  to  be  paid  out  of  moneys  in  the  treas- 
ury received  from  other  sources  than 
taxation  and  not  otherwise  appropriated, 
namely : 


For  jurors,  witness  fees  and  dieting 
jurors $225,000 

For  salaries  judges  of  all  courts  of 
record 105,000 

For  salaries  judges  of  all  courts  of 
record  (extra) 18,000 

For  salaries  judges  and  clerks  of  elec- 
tion    25.000 

JURY  COMMISSIONERS. 

Per  Year. 

3  j  ury  commissioners 94,500 

1  chief  clerk 1,200 

9  clerks 8,100 

1  typewriter 600 

Total  salaries $14,400 

MISCELLANEOUS   PURPOSES. 

For  dieting  prisoners,  jail $40,000 

For  dieting  prisoners,  House  of  Cor- 
rection   18,000 

For  telephone  services 3,600 

For  State  institutions 25,000 

For  industrial  schools 44,000 

To  be  distributed  as  follows : 
St.  Mary's  Training  School  for  Boys . .  12,000 
Illinois  Agriculture    and    Manual 

Training  School  for  Boys 12,000 

Chicago  Industrial  School  for  Girls...  10,000 

Illinois  Industrial  School  for  Girls 10,000 

(This  is  subject  to  their  entering  into  a 
contract  with  the  county  for  the  same, 
otherwise  to  be  turned  into  contingent 
fund.) 

Out-door  relief,  country  towns $13,500 

To  be  distributed  as  follows: 

Barrington $       50 

Bloom 350 

Bremen 300 

Calumet   1,200 

Cicero 1,50  i 

Elk  Grove 50 

Evanston 1,500 

Hanover 150 

Lyons 1,200 

Lemont 2,500 

Leyden 15. 

Maine 300 

New  Trier 350 

Niles 200 

Northfield JQ!) 

Norwood  Park 50 

Orland ]QO 

Palatine 50 

Palos •. 100 

Proviso 1,000 

Rich 50 

Riverside 50 

Schaumberg .  50 

Thornton 1,4011 

Wheeling IQO 

Worth C50 

Total $13,950 

RECAPITULATION. 
Total  amount  of  tax  levy $1,873,315.13 

TOTAL    AMOUNT  TO   BE  APPROPRIATED. 

Total  interest  and 
principal — new  in- 
debtedness  1238,100.00 

Total  amount  of  sal- 
aries   794,380.00 

Total  amount  for 
supplies,  repairs, 
etc 629,000.00 

Total  amount  for 
miscellaneous  pur- 
poses   169,100.00 

Total  amount  for 
contingent  p  u  r  - 
poses 42,735.13 


Total  to  be  real- 
ized by  taxation, 


81,873,315.13 


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COOK  COUNTY  OFFICIALS  AND  HEADS  OF  DEPARTMENTS. 

(REPUBLICANS) 
HEADQUARTERS  CRIMINAL  COURT  BUILDING. 

SALARIES  PER  YEAR 

Charles  S.  Deneen,  States  Attorney,  Residence,  523  W.  61st  street $66'"0 

Oeo.  Berz,  Coroner,  Residence,  299  Jackson  blvd 5,uuO 

P.  J.  Cahill,  Criminal  Court  Clerk,  Residence,  980  Monroe  avenue 5,000 

HEADQUARTERS    COUNTY    BUILDING. 

Orrin  H.  Carter,  County  Judge.  Residence,  1331  W.  Monroe  street 7,000 

Ernest  J.  Magerstadt,  Sheriff,  Residence,  313  24th  street 6,000 

Samuel  B.  Raymond,  County  Treasurer,  Residence,  36  Bellevue  place 4,000 

Philip  Knopf,  County  Clerk,  Residence,  471  No.  Hoyne  avenue 5,000 

Robert  M.  Simon,  County  Recorder,  Residence,  2561  No.  Ashland  Ave 5,000 

John  A.  Cooke,  Clerk  Circuit  Court.  Residence.  783  So.  Halsted  street        5,000 

John  A.  Linn,  Clerk  Superior  Court.  Residence,  14  Clybourne  place 5,000 

James  Reddick.  Probate  Court  Clerk,  Residence,  1676  Humholdt  blvd 5,000 

James  C,  Irvvin.  President  County  Board,  Residence,  5819  Michigan  avenue 6,000 

County  Commissioner  Charles  J.  Happel.  Residence,  514  Ashland  bivd 4,000 

"                  '<                  David  Kallis,                "      97  W.  13th  street 4,00 ' 

"                  "                  JamesH. Burke          "    189  N.  Carpenter  street 4,000 

'•                  "                  John  F.  Devine,           •'    8T3  N.  Hermitage  avenue 4,000 

"                  "              "    Charles  J.  Dahlgren  "     335  W.  58th  street 4,000 

«•                                     Frank  J.  Li ndsten        "    1728  Belmont  avenue 4,000 

"                  "                  Lewis  H.  Mack             "      824  Grand  avenue     4,000 

"                   M                   Michael  Petrie               "      273  N.  State  St 4,000 

"                   "                   Edw.H.  Wright            "    3722  Dearborn  street 4,000 

'«                   ««      County  Towns,  H.  Beer          "     Blue  Island 4,000 

"                  "           "              "       A.  Van  Steenberg  Residence,  Lansing 4,000 

"                   to            "               "        P.M.Hoffman                 "             Desplaines 4,000 

"                   "           "               "       Jos.  Carolan                                    Austin 4  QtM 

•'                   «'                            "        Geo.  Struckman                            Bartlett 4,000 

APPOINTIVE  HEADS  OF  DEPARTMENTS. 

James  L.   Monaghan  Deputy  Comptroller  and  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  County  Commiss- 
ioners    3,600 

James  U.  Morrison,  Civil  Service  Commissioner,  Rep 1,500 

G.  W.  Love  joy  Rep 1,'iUO 

J.  E.  Davis,  Dem 1,500 

L.  Enright,  C.  E.  County  Surveyor percentage 

J.  A.  Johnson,  County  Attorney 4,000 

F.  L.  Shepherd,  1st.  Asst.  County  Attorney 1,800 

C.  J.  Jones,  2nd          "           "               "        1,800 

L.  B.  AjKlerson,  3rd  "            "               "         ....  1,300 

D.  D.  Healey.  Supt.  Public  Service     .    5,000 

O.  W.  Nash,  Committee  Clerk 2,500 

J.  H.  Graham,  Warden  County  Hospital 3,000 

A.  N.  Lang.  Supt  County  Inst.  Dunning 3,000 

Dr.  W.  H.  Hunter,  County  Physician 2,500 

Geo.  S.  Oleson,  County  Agent 2,000 

F.  L.  Miller,  Coxinty  Electrician 1,200 

Bruce  Watson,  County  Architect • percentage 

J.  Kazda.  Custodian  Court  House 1,800 

Frank 'Simons,  Custodian  Criminal  Court  Building            1.800 

Geo.  W.  Boiling,  Secretary  to  President  County  Board  1.800 

COOK  COUNTY  ASSESSORS. 
HEADQUARTERS  76  TO  82  FIFTH  AVENUE. 

Adam  Wolf,  Rep.  Residence,  662  W.  Superior  street 5,000 

A.  J.  Miller,  Rep.         "           8655  Kedzie  avenue 6,000 

Charles  E.  Randall,  Rep.  Residence,  4747  Champlain  avenue 5,000 

Wm.  H.  Weber,  Rep.             "        153  New  street  Blue  Island 5,000 

James  J,  Gray,  Dem.            "        310  Mohawk  street 5,000 

BOARD  OF  REVIEW. 
HEADQUARTERS  76  TO  82  FIFTU  AVENUE. 

Roy  O.  West,  Rep.  Residence,  737  Gartield  blvd 7,000 

F.  W.  Upham,  Rep.        "        8  Ritchie  Court 7,000 

F.  D.  Mcacham,  Rep.     "        469  Jackson  blvd 7,000 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS. 

HEADQUARTERS  WOMAN'S  TEMPLE. 

O.  T.  Bright,  Residence,  6515  Harvard  avenue 


JURY  COMMISSIONERS. 
HEADQUARTERS  COUNTY  BUILDING. 

Edwd  Fedington,  Rep 1,500 

Frank  1C.  Sponer.  Rep 1.500 

Wm.  J.  Onahan,  Dem 1,500 


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